Sporting Adventures in the New World, Or, Days and Nights of Moose-hunting in the Pine Forests of Acadia, Том 2Hurst and Blackett, 1855 |
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... arrived , in another hour , at our destination , Roland's Inn . It was a neat , two storied , wooden build- ing , painted white , with green shutters , and a verandah overgrown with roses . A good barn and stable , to which our horse ...
... arrived , in another hour , at our destination , Roland's Inn . It was a neat , two storied , wooden build- ing , painted white , with green shutters , and a verandah overgrown with roses . A good barn and stable , to which our horse ...
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... arrived , pointed out the best spot , about a hundred yards below . Here the river glided smoothly and swiftly for some thirty yards before tumbling over a high ledge of rocks , below which it was carried away in a succession of falls ...
... arrived , pointed out the best spot , about a hundred yards below . Here the river glided smoothly and swiftly for some thirty yards before tumbling over a high ledge of rocks , below which it was carried away in a succession of falls ...
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... arrived at our des- tination , we all agreed that we had had warm work . At the spot called the Nar- rows , the harbour , from the contraction of its shores , presents the appearance of a river . Outside was a long bank of sand ...
... arrived at our des- tination , we all agreed that we had had warm work . At the spot called the Nar- rows , the harbour , from the contraction of its shores , presents the appearance of a river . Outside was a long bank of sand ...
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... when the trout would rise no longer , we started homewards , in company with another boat , in which two fly - fishermen had , shortly after us , arrived at the Narrows , and commenced opera- tions a few 36 SPORTING ADVENTURES .
... when the trout would rise no longer , we started homewards , in company with another boat , in which two fly - fishermen had , shortly after us , arrived at the Narrows , and commenced opera- tions a few 36 SPORTING ADVENTURES .
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... arriving at our favourite stand , and fishing it unmolested till nearly sun- down . I tried very hard to rise a noble salmon , whose huge back fin and tail had several times appeared above the surface of the water . However , though I ...
... arriving at our favourite stand , and fishing it unmolested till nearly sun- down . I tried very hard to rise a noble salmon , whose huge back fin and tail had several times appeared above the surface of the water . However , though I ...
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