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Side vii
The short - eared owl 83 WILD PIGEONS . The cushat ' or wood - pigeon . -
Spring habits.— Winter flocks . — A white ring - dove . — The stranger.— Wild
pigeon or_stock - dove.Not the stocker of the pigeon - house . — Rock - doves
the wild ...
The short - eared owl 83 WILD PIGEONS . The cushat ' or wood - pigeon . -
Spring habits.— Winter flocks . — A white ring - dove . — The stranger.— Wild
pigeon or_stock - dove.Not the stocker of the pigeon - house . — Rock - doves
the wild ...
Side 66
A SQUARE flat island on Loch Lomond , called Inch Moan , but familiarly known
as the Peat Island , ( from the people of Luss having liberty to cast peats there , )
is a favourite resort of every kind of wild fowl . At a little distance , it appears ...
A SQUARE flat island on Loch Lomond , called Inch Moan , but familiarly known
as the Peat Island , ( from the people of Luss having liberty to cast peats there , )
is a favourite resort of every kind of wild fowl . At a little distance , it appears ...
Side 71
For the last few winters , the wild sport on Loch Lomond has much deteriorated
from what I recollect it in The frosts have never been so long continued , nor so
severe , as to tame the fowl , and bring wild swans or geese . Besides , the soft
rainy ...
For the last few winters , the wild sport on Loch Lomond has much deteriorated
from what I recollect it in The frosts have never been so long continued , nor so
severe , as to tame the fowl , and bring wild swans or geese . Besides , the soft
rainy ...
Side 98
They were very wild , and flew more rapidly than ring - doves . About a month
after , I stumbled upon the nest in the fork of an aged tree . It was only about ten
feet from the ground ; and I might have shot the female time flying off - the other
nest ...
They were very wild , and flew more rapidly than ring - doves . About a month
after , I stumbled upon the nest in the fork of an aged tree . It was only about ten
feet from the ground ; and I might have shot the female time flying off - the other
nest ...
Side 128
THE heather was bare and run to seed , the bell had long faded , and the grouse
were wild and packed , when I received a note from my brother to say " that , in
consequence of the mischief the flock of wild goats had done to the newly
planted ...
THE heather was bare and run to seed , the bell had long faded , and the grouse
were wild and packed , when I received a note from my brother to say " that , in
consequence of the mischief the flock of wild goats had done to the newly
planted ...
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Side 1 - Fortunately for mankind, as some counterbalance to that wretched love of novelty which originates in selfishness, shallowness, and conceit, and which especially characterizes all vulgar minds, there is set in the deeper places of the heart such affection for the signs of age that the eye is delighted even by injuries which are the work of time...
Side i - THE MOOR AND THE LOCH. Containing Minute Instructions in all Highland Sports, with Wanderings over Crag and Correi, Flood and Fell. By JOHN COLQUHOUN, Esq. Third Edition. 8vo, with Illustrations, 12s. 6d. SALMON-CASTS AND STRAY SHOTS: Being Fly-Leaves from the Note-Book of JOHN COLQUHOUN, Esq., Author of * The Moor and the Loch,