Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing in the Tweed: With a Short Account of the Natural History and Habits of the Salmon, Instructions to Sportsmen, Anecdotes, EtcE. Arnold, 1898 - 268 sivua |
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Sivu iv - Whilst some men strive ill-gotten goods t" embrace, And others spend their time in base excess Of wine, or worse, in war and wantonness. Let them that list these pastimes still pursue, And on such pleasing fancies feed their fill ; So I the fields and meadows green may view, And daily by fresh rivers walk at will Among the daisies and the violets blue, Red hyacinth and yellow daffodil, Purple narcissus like the morning rays, Pale gander-grass and azure culver-keys.
Sivu 167 - Lorraine light touched with softening hue, Or savage Rosa dashed, or learned Poussin drew.
Sivu 49 - Mr. George Dormer of Stone Mills, in the parish of Bridport, put a female of the Salmon tribe, which measured twenty inches in length, and was caught by him at his mill-dam, into a small well, where it remained twelve years, and at length died in the year 1842. The well measured only 5 feet by 2 feet 4 inches, and there was only 15 inches depth of water.
Sivu 110 - There he dwelt in the hearts of the people, diffusing life and happiness around him : he made a home beside the border river, in a country and a nation that have derived benefit from his presence, and consequence from his genius.
Sivu 244 - Wind now whispers thro' the Trees ; No Noise at Land, nor Murmur in the Seas; Lean Wolves forget to howl at Night's pale Noon; No wakeful Dogs bark at the silent Moon; Nor 'bay the Ghosts that glide with Horror by, To view the Caverns where their Bodies lie ; The Ravens perch and no Presages give, Nor to the Windows of the Dying cleave ; The Owls forget to scream; no Midnight Sound Calls drowsy Echo from the hollow Ground ; In Vaults the walking Fires extinguish'd lie; The Stars, Heaven's Sentry,...
Sivu 15 - ... likely to be affected by the floods. These are the broad parts of the river, where the water runs swift and shallow, and has a free passage over an even bed. Here they either select an old spawning place, a sort of trough left in the channel, or form a fresh one.
Sivu 264 - And whan she cam in he bowed fu' low, And soon his errand he let her to know ; Amazed was the laird whan the leddie said naw, But wi' a laigh courtsy she turned awa.
Sivu 13 - Large fish can spring much higher than small ones ; but their powers are limited or augmented according to the depth of water they spring from; in shallow water, they have little power of ascension; in deep, they have the most considerable. They rise rapidly from the very bottom to the surface of the water by means of rowing and sculling, as it were, with their fins and tail ; and this powerful impetus bears them upwards in the air, on the same principle that a few tugs of the oar make a boat shoot...
Sivu 180 - My situation partook of the nature of a surprise. Being on a rocky shore, and having a bad start, I lost ground at first considerably; but the reel sang out joyously, and yielded a liberal length of line, that saved me from the disgrace of being broke. I got on the best pace I was able, and was on good ground just as my line was nearly all run out. As the powerful animal darted through Meg's Hole, I was just able to step back and wind up a few yards of line; but he still went a killing pace, and...
Sivu 92 - Asphodel," when the young spring comes forth, and all nature is glad ; or if a wilder mood comes over me, let me clamber among the steeps of the north, beneath the shaggy mountains, where the river comes foaming and raging everlastingly, wedging its way through the secret glen, whilst the eagle, but dimly seen, cleaves the winds and the clouds, and the dun deer gaze from the mosses above. There, amongst gigantic rocks, and the din of mountain torrents, let me do battle with the lusty salmon, till...