O'er Crag and Torrent with Rod and Gun, Shooting and FishingEverett, 1904 - 261 strán (strany) |
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Strana 98
... hidden and well secured - round his poultry houses . Another farmer living at Well Farm lost fowls and turkeys to the value of several pounds in a comparatively short space of time . Nine young fowls which 98 O'er Crag and Torrent.
... hidden and well secured - round his poultry houses . Another farmer living at Well Farm lost fowls and turkeys to the value of several pounds in a comparatively short space of time . Nine young fowls which 98 O'er Crag and Torrent.
Strana 167
... fish over six ounces -the largest of the fish killed during the week being an ugly , big - headed brute , weighing a pound and a quarter , and he was grassed after a very poor show , as far Trout Fishing in Wicklow 167.
... fish over six ounces -the largest of the fish killed during the week being an ugly , big - headed brute , weighing a pound and a quarter , and he was grassed after a very poor show , as far Trout Fishing in Wicklow 167.
Strana 174
... pound than a half - pound ; the fish were stark staring mad ; they must have had a coronation ; it was a gala day ; a saint's day ; a day never to be forgotten . But the happy moment was approaching — one of the events of my long ...
... pound than a half - pound ; the fish were stark staring mad ; they must have had a coronation ; it was a gala day ; a saint's day ; a day never to be forgotten . But the happy moment was approaching — one of the events of my long ...
Strana 175
... pounds . He had risen it a few days previously , but had not touched it . The event of the day and of many fishing seasons was near at hand . We had pro- ceeded about a quarter of a mile down stream when we came to a lovely pool with a ...
... pounds . He had risen it a few days previously , but had not touched it . The event of the day and of many fishing seasons was near at hand . We had pro- ceeded about a quarter of a mile down stream when we came to a lovely pool with a ...
Strana 178
... pounds and a quarter good , was the announcement . To this day I do not think I should have killed him on so small a fly , but for the fact that in one of his plunges , I suppose , the cast had taken a round turn over his head and ...
... pounds and a quarter good , was the announcement . To this day I do not think I should have killed him on so small a fly , but for the fact that in one of his plunges , I suppose , the cast had taken a round turn over his head and ...
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animal badger bank beat beautiful better birds Blarney brace Butrinto Camel cast caught charming Christmastide clever cock commenced couple of snipe covey Dargle Dartmoor day's delightful Devonshire dog-fish dropped earth fair farmer favour field fish flies foot beagles foot harriers fox-hound Glencree Glencullen gobble goyles grass ground grouse half couple happy happy days hare head hear heavy hill hooked killed Laird land legs little pack looked lough Lough Dan Master morning mountain hare night old chap old friend otter hunting partridge passed pheasants pleasure pool pound present Punchestown quarter rabbits ride rise river rose rough rushes ryver Sally sheep short shot side Skipper sound sport sportsmen stream suddenly sure as fate tail terriers trenching trout Turk turkey walk weather Welcombe whilst WICKLOW wild wood woodcock yards
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Strana 17 - Sir, it is not in my power to resolve you ; I leave it to be resolved by the college of Carthusians, who have made vows never to eat flesh. But I have heard, the question hath been debated among many great clerks : and they seem to differ about it : yet most agree that her tail is fish.3 And if her body be fish too, then I may say that a fish will walk upon land...
Strana 101 - cui sic extorta voluptas et demptus per vim mentis gratissimus error».
Strana 168 - It has been stretched by another," he said, and those who heard him knew well enough that Rochester was meant. This public humiliation taught Lady Essex that she must be off with the old love before she was on with the new.
Strana 29 - Otter to efcape, but that eyther the houndes fhall light vpon him, or els fome of the huntefmen fhall ftrike him, and thus may you haue excellent fporte and paftime in hunting of the Otter, if the houndes be good, and that the Riuers be not ouer great : where the Riuers be greate, fome vfe to haue a lyne throwen ouerthwart the Riuer, the whiche twoo of the huntefmen fhall holde by eche ende, one on the one fide of the Riuer, and the other on that other : and let them holde the line fo flacke that...
Strana 169 - ... useless ; she yielded to them in so far as to accompany them home in the morning, but when night came she again repaired to the grave, and passed the hours of darkness there. At length her mind gave way, and she gleefully informed her friends that her former lover had come to life again, that they had walked and talked in the glen as of old, and that he had promised to return and lead her to a place where they should never part. Alarmed by her looks and words, her friends placed a watch over...
Strana 29 - For if the houndes be good otter houndes and perfectly entered, they will come chaunting and trayling alongst by the riverside, and will beate every tree roote, every holme, every osier bedde, and...
Strana 29 - ... they runne vp or downe the ftreame as they fee the Otter bend, vntil they may at laft giue him a Blowe: for if the houndes be good Otter houndes and perfectly entred, they will come chaunting and trayling alongft by the riuers fide, and will beate euery tree roote, euery holme, euery Ofier bedde, and tufft of bulrufhes : yea fomtimes alfo they will take the ryuer and beate it like a water fpaniell : fo that it...
Strana 30 - Otters fkinne is very good furre, and his greafe wil make a medicine to make fiflies turn vp their bellies as if they were deade. A good Otter hounde may proue an excellent good buckhound, if he be not old before he be entred. Thus haue you now afmuch as I can prefently fet down for...
Strana 27 - Harte, and it is a note to be obferued that all fuch chaces as you draw after before you finde them, lodge them, or herbor them, you fhoulde make a folempne aflembly to heare all reportes before you vndertake to hunte them, and then he which hath found of an Otter, or fo drawen toward his couche that he can vndertake to bryng you vnto him...