Rocks and Rivers, Or, Highland Wanderings Over Craig and Correi, "flood and Fell"John Murray, 1849 - 185 sider |
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Side vii
... Less nocturnal than the brown . - The long - eared owl . - Builds in the Castle Rock of Edinburgh . The short - eared owl Page 83 WILD PIGEONS . The cushat or wood - pigeon . - Spring habits . - Winter flocks . - A white ring - dove ...
... Less nocturnal than the brown . - The long - eared owl . - Builds in the Castle Rock of Edinburgh . The short - eared owl Page 83 WILD PIGEONS . The cushat or wood - pigeon . - Spring habits . - Winter flocks . - A white ring - dove ...
Side 2
... less of sympathy with the Highland character , will ( unwittingly , perhaps ) do all they can to extirpate it alto- gether . It is melancholy to hear some nouveaux riches " at radical meetings spouting forth their untutored volu- bility ...
... less of sympathy with the Highland character , will ( unwittingly , perhaps ) do all they can to extirpate it alto- gether . It is melancholy to hear some nouveaux riches " at radical meetings spouting forth their untutored volu- bility ...
Side 6
... less daring spirit of the erne , made her no match for the mountaineer , who soon drove her screaming to her island . In the distance may be discerned the dark forms of mountains belonging to that range called Corrach- Bah , a very ...
... less daring spirit of the erne , made her no match for the mountaineer , who soon drove her screaming to her island . In the distance may be discerned the dark forms of mountains belonging to that range called Corrach- Bah , a very ...
Side 19
... less than the routing up the moss , which they are obliged to do to get at beetles , grubs , & c . , among its roots . This dries , and the badger brings home a little for its winter bed . We used to notice as much of this hay made as ...
... less than the routing up the moss , which they are obliged to do to get at beetles , grubs , & c . , among its roots . This dries , and the badger brings home a little for its winter bed . We used to notice as much of this hay made as ...
Side 27
... less gifted craftsman . And although to the looker - on it appears as if he had charmed c 2 27 SALMON ANGLING for salmon -Daintiness of salmon Their occasional greedi- ness -Causes which prevent fish from rising to a fly ·
... less gifted craftsman . And although to the looker - on it appears as if he had charmed c 2 27 SALMON ANGLING for salmon -Daintiness of salmon Their occasional greedi- ness -Causes which prevent fish from rising to a fly ·
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Alpine hare angler appeared bait bank barn owl bird boat cast Castle chance Cladich colour Crap-na-Gower deer distance diving ducks dun-birds eagle eggs eyrie favourite feed fish flew flies flock foot forest frequent frost gamekeeper ground grouse gulls hatched head heard Highland hill hook Inch Moan Inverary island keeper killed Kilmun land legs Loch Awe Loch Goil Loch Lomond Loch Long look mallard miles moors morillon morning nearly nest never night numbers once otter pair perched Peter pheasants poacher pool poor pounds prey ring-dove river rock rose Rossarden salmon Sandy scarcely sea-trout seen seized seldom shallow shoot shore shot side snipe sometimes soon sport spring stalking stoat stream summer tawny owl took tree trolling trout walk watched watchers weather white owl wigeon wind wing winter woodcock yards young
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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,