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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... wind and muscle were in capital condition then ) , and in due time reach the tarn . As I have said , on three sides it was surrounded by a wood , and on the other side was so shallow and muddy that it was " unfishable . " Having reached ...
... wind and muscle were in capital condition then ) , and in due time reach the tarn . As I have said , on three sides it was surrounded by a wood , and on the other side was so shallow and muddy that it was " unfishable . " Having reached ...
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... wind . We reel up and seek the shelter of the wood . A flash and a rattle , another and another , and the water is whitened with the wind and the rain . Then , as the storm passes away , we run to the brow of the hill , to see it ...
... wind . We reel up and seek the shelter of the wood . A flash and a rattle , another and another , and the water is whitened with the wind and the rain . Then , as the storm passes away , we run to the brow of the hill , to see it ...
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... wind in and out . Ellesmere can boast of its two wooded islets , sacred to the large table - like nest of the swans ; and woe to the unlucky boatsman who , in the breeding season , runs foul of the pendent branches . The male swan swims ...
... wind in and out . Ellesmere can boast of its two wooded islets , sacred to the large table - like nest of the swans ; and woe to the unlucky boatsman who , in the breeding season , runs foul of the pendent branches . The male swan swims ...
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... wind . It is slightly but strongly made , chiefly of coarse grasses , and the eggs are of a mottled , greenish brown . In seeking the nests the wader must beware of the decayed reeds , which have left a pavement of sharp - fanged stumps ...
... wind . It is slightly but strongly made , chiefly of coarse grasses , and the eggs are of a mottled , greenish brown . In seeking the nests the wader must beware of the decayed reeds , which have left a pavement of sharp - fanged stumps ...
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... wind which tossed The branches in the wood , and so was lost At once the silence and the song . I lay As one awaked , and watched the misty cloud Enclose the starlit meadow in its shroud , Then took the oars , and silent rowed away . V ...
... wind which tossed The branches in the wood , and so was lost At once the silence and the song . I lay As one awaked , and watched the misty cloud Enclose the starlit meadow in its shroud , Then took the oars , and silent rowed away . V ...
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