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Side 49
Once going over is quite enough if you keep between the shallow and the deep ,
which only occupies a few yards . When sky and water are dull , a large bright
bait , such as a salmon smelt , is very good ; but , if the loch is clear and low , bait
...
Once going over is quite enough if you keep between the shallow and the deep ,
which only occupies a few yards . When sky and water are dull , a large bright
bait , such as a salmon smelt , is very good ; but , if the loch is clear and low , bait
...
Side 74
Neared the north shore without disturbing their operations , and , when within fifty
yards of them , got my eye upon the mar - plot ducks , about thirty yards from me .
Could easily have strung them all . The dun - birds were feeding in circles of ...
Neared the north shore without disturbing their operations , and , when within fifty
yards of them , got my eye upon the mar - plot ducks , about thirty yards from me .
Could easily have strung them all . The dun - birds were feeding in circles of ...
Side 76
Could not get nearer than sixty - five yards . Had to fire lying flat on the ground .
Only one lay . Rested for an hour , to give the fowl time to come in shore for the
evening feed , and then returned over the same ground . Keeper discovered ,
with ...
Could not get nearer than sixty - five yards . Had to fire lying flat on the ground .
Only one lay . Rested for an hour , to give the fowl time to come in shore for the
evening feed , and then returned over the same ground . Keeper discovered ,
with ...
Side 77
Spied a trip of five wigeon from Auchintulloch Brae ; they were greedily feeding a
few yards from shore , close to a fine screen of whin . Waited long for three in a
line , as they were scat tered . At length I succeeded in getting them placed fair .
Spied a trip of five wigeon from Auchintulloch Brae ; they were greedily feeding a
few yards from shore , close to a fine screen of whin . Waited long for three in a
line , as they were scat tered . At length I succeeded in getting them placed fair .
Side 157
Once or twice I heard the hollow rumbling , and they dashed past at the distance
of sixty yards , but had I wished to take this random chance , it was impossible ,
as I only commanded the eyrie tree . The intervals of their visits became longer ...
Once or twice I heard the hollow rumbling , and they dashed past at the distance
of sixty yards , but had I wished to take this random chance , it was impossible ,
as I only commanded the eyrie tree . The intervals of their visits became longer ...
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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,
Bibliografisk informasjon
| Tittel | Rocks and Rivers, Or, Highland Wanderings Over Craig and Correi, "flood and Fell" |
| Forfatter | John Colquhoun |
| Utgiver | John Murray, 1849 |
| Original fra | Princeton University |
| Digitalisert | 20. feb 2008 |
| Lengde | 185 sider |
| Eksporter sitat | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |