Mountain, Meadow, & Mere: A Series of Outdoor Sketches of Sport, Scenery, Adventures, and Natural History ...Henry S. King & Company, 1873 - 226 páginas |
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... round to Campbell's assistance . We land both his fish , each above 2lbs . So through the rest of the afternoon ; to continue the picture would be monotonous . The carp there were vigorous fish , and gave plenty of play at first ; but ...
... round to Campbell's assistance . We land both his fish , each above 2lbs . So through the rest of the afternoon ; to continue the picture would be monotonous . The carp there were vigorous fish , and gave plenty of play at first ; but ...
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... as other water - birds . We have it on our meres all the year round , but , in the daytime at least , it keeps scrupulously far from land and in the deeper water . It is much oftener seen on this mere The Shropshire Meres 19.
... as other water - birds . We have it on our meres all the year round , but , in the daytime at least , it keeps scrupulously far from land and in the deeper water . It is much oftener seen on this mere The Shropshire Meres 19.
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... round the branches of the trees , picking off the " locusts , " as the country people term the cockchafers , or foraging over the fields in flocks , like white rooks . Mice are eagerly devoured by them , and it is even said that young ...
... round the branches of the trees , picking off the " locusts , " as the country people term the cockchafers , or foraging over the fields in flocks , like white rooks . Mice are eagerly devoured by them , and it is even said that young ...
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... round corners on unsuspecting gulls which took to wing with a tremendous scurry , and noting carefully the leading features of the novel sight . In addition to the gulls , grebes great and small , wild ducks , snipe , water - rails ...
... round corners on unsuspecting gulls which took to wing with a tremendous scurry , and noting carefully the leading features of the novel sight . In addition to the gulls , grebes great and small , wild ducks , snipe , water - rails ...
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... round , about three yards diameter and a yard length or somewhat better , with small stakes driven into the ground in a circle , and interwoven with broom and other raddle . In which manner there have been taken of them in one morning ...
... round , about three yards diameter and a yard length or somewhat better , with small stakes driven into the ground in a circle , and interwoven with broom and other raddle . In which manner there have been taken of them in one morning ...
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