Wild Sports of the West: With Legendary Tales, and Local Sketches, Band 1R. Bentley, 1832 - 343 Seiten |
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Seite 323 - ... sometimes threw aside his locks and wrung the water from them on the rocks. He happened the year after to be at Harrowgate, and was sitting at table with two young ladies from Caithness, who were relating to a wondering audience the story of the mermaid they had seen, which had already been published in the newspapers : they described her, as she usually is described by poets, as a beautiful animal, with remarkably fair skin and long green hair. The young gentleman took the liberty, as most of...
Seite 302 - I hope we shall have another good day to-morrow, for the clouds are red in the west. Phys. I have no doubt of it, for the red has a tint of purple. Hal. Do you know why this tint portends fine weather ? Phys.
Seite 302 - A rainbow can only occur when the clouds containing or depositing the rain are opposite to the sun, — and in the evening the rainbow is in the east, and in the morning in the west ; and as our heavy rains, in this climate, are usually brought by the westerly wind, a...
Seite 323 - A worthy baronet, remarkable for his benevolent views and active spirit, has propagated a story of this kind, and he seems to claim for his native country the honour of possessing this extraordinary animal : but the mermaid of Caithness was certainly a gentleman, who happened to be travelling on that wild shore, and who was seen bathing by' some young ladies at so great a distance, that not only genus but gender was mistaken. I am acquainted with him, and have had the story from his own mouth. He...
Seite 302 - I have generally observed a coppery or yellow sunset to foretel rain; but, as an indication of wet weather approaching, nothing is more certain than a halo round the moon, which is produced by the precipitated water ; and the larger the circle, the nearer the clouds, and consequently the more ready to fall.
Seite 302 - I have observed generally a coppery or yellow sunset to foretel rain ; but, as an indication of wet weather approaching, nothing is more certain than a halo round the moon, which is produced by the precipitated water ; and the larger the circle, the nearer the clouds, and, consequently, the more ready to fall. Hal. I have often observed that the proverb is correct— A rainbow in the morning is the shepherd's warning A rainbow at night is the shepherd's delight.
Seite 298 - Oyle, well drawn from that which kills the Oak : Fish where thou wilt, thou shalt have Sport thy fill, When Twenty fail, Thou shalt be sure to kill.
Seite 318 - ... take out the entrails, open a passage to the brain, which should be scooped out through the mouth ; introduce into the cavities of the skull, and the whole body, some of the mixture of salt, alum, and pepper, putting some through the gullet and whole length of the neck...
Seite 212 - Directed by the movements of the birds, we followed the Mackerel, tacking or wearing the boat occasionally, when we found that we had overrun the shoal. For two hours we killed...
Seite 97 - Bloch states, that gold and silver rings have been attached by Eastern princes to salmon, to prove that a communication existed between the Persian Gulf and the Caspian and Northern seas, and that the experiment succeeded.