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... land and water ; as a rule , however , the most successful sportsmen have been content to keep their good fortune to themselves . But the conditions of sport have changed , and the day of seclusion and reti- cence is past . The ...
... land and water ; as a rule , however , the most successful sportsmen have been content to keep their good fortune to themselves . But the conditions of sport have changed , and the day of seclusion and reti- cence is past . The ...
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... land of loftier hills and birch - girt cliffs , we find all the higher summits still snow - clad ; and on the northern slopes , which the sun has yet hardly reached , there are great masses of snow extending far down among the trees ...
... land of loftier hills and birch - girt cliffs , we find all the higher summits still snow - clad ; and on the northern slopes , which the sun has yet hardly reached , there are great masses of snow extending far down among the trees ...
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... land are vulgarised . But to our Salmon . It is now , early in June , that fish really begin to run in any number , As we have seen , a few come in May , but they are only the scouts of the great army . On the whole , perhaps , the fish ...
... land are vulgarised . But to our Salmon . It is now , early in June , that fish really begin to run in any number , As we have seen , a few come in May , but they are only the scouts of the great army . On the whole , perhaps , the fish ...
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... , for strength and courage the perfection of salmon - kind . The tide is now too high to continue , and we cross over to The Bank , in time to see D. land a fish of 19 lb. Many such " Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing " SALMON 21.
... , for strength and courage the perfection of salmon - kind . The tide is now too high to continue , and we cross over to The Bank , in time to see D. land a fish of 19 lb. Many such " Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing " SALMON 21.
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... land , Leaps and rejoices in the meeting of the waters , Breasts weir and torrent , nests him in the sand ; Lives there and loves ; yet with the year's returning Rusting in his river , pines for the sea , Sweeps back again to the ripple ...
... land , Leaps and rejoices in the meeting of the waters , Breasts weir and torrent , nests him in the sand ; Lives there and loves ; yet with the year's returning Rusting in his river , pines for the sea , Sweeps back again to the ripple ...
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