Rocks and Rivers, Or, Highland Wanderings Over Craig and Correi, "flood and Fell"John Murray, 1849 - 185 sider |
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Side 10
... wing , can belong to no bird but the eagle . Peter looked carelessly at him . " Yon's the cock , he'll be for the opposite hill , after bringing the hen her breakfast . " He now whipped out his glass , and placing his back upon a ...
... wing , can belong to no bird but the eagle . Peter looked carelessly at him . " Yon's the cock , he'll be for the opposite hill , after bringing the hen her breakfast . " He now whipped out his glass , and placing his back upon a ...
Side 12
... wing , and the mighty bird soared majestically from the dizzy chasm . The shot was not difficult . I may say , that my aim was cool and determined . She reeled round and round , and fell headlong into the yawning abyss , quite dead . I ...
... wing , and the mighty bird soared majestically from the dizzy chasm . The shot was not difficult . I may say , that my aim was cool and determined . She reeled round and round , and fell headlong into the yawning abyss , quite dead . I ...
Side 16
... shot . One lay , but the other being only wing - broken , ran into 66 99 the water with so light and graceful a step , it seemed as if walking on glass . The rods were soon baited , the evening was perfect 16 CORRACH - BAH ; OR ,
... shot . One lay , but the other being only wing - broken , ran into 66 99 the water with so light and graceful a step , it seemed as if walking on glass . The rods were soon baited , the evening was perfect 16 CORRACH - BAH ; OR ,
Side 33
... wing , hare's - ear body , tied with blue thread . The regular fishermen , as they call themselves , of any particular river , will hold up the flies they are accustomed to use , and affirm that they will kill in any water . These men ...
... wing , hare's - ear body , tied with blue thread . The regular fishermen , as they call themselves , of any particular river , will hold up the flies they are accustomed to use , and affirm that they will kill in any water . These men ...
Side 35
... wing is a standing favourite , both with salmon and sea - trout , in every state of the river ; and even in full flood they refuse a lighter wing . A dark mottled pheasant tail for wing , red body , and gold tinsel , is also a choice ...
... wing is a standing favourite , both with salmon and sea - trout , in every state of the river ; and even in full flood they refuse a lighter wing . A dark mottled pheasant tail for wing , red body , and gold tinsel , is also a choice ...
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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,