| Thomas Tod Stoddart - 1853 - 394 páginas
...from the top of which there is a splendid view of its windings, the bed of the Clyde THE LEVEN. 347 approaches to a level with that of the Biggar water,...portion of its waters into one of the tributaries of Tweed, which is accessible to, and frequented in the winter season by salmon, or rather large bull-trout,... | |
| 1856 - 586 páginas
...seas. The Tweed and Clyde occasionally exhibit an instance of bifurcation, explained as follows : — " It is a singular circumstance, that salmon and their...that of the Biggar Water, which is close at hand, and which discharges itself into the Tweed. On the occasion of a large flood, the two streams become connected,... | |
| Thomas Milner - 1857 - 336 páginas
...this being eighty feet in height, it seems utterly impossible for fish of any kind to surmount it. The fact is accounted for in this way. After passing...discharges itself into the Tweed. On the occasion of a great flood, the two streams become connected, and thus the salmon of the Tweed find their way into... | |
| Thomas Milner - 1874 - 344 páginas
...and, this being eighty feet in height, it seems utterly impossibk for fish of any kind to surmount it. The fact, is accounted for in this way. After passing...discharges itself into the Tweed. On the occasion of a great flood, the two streams become connected, and thus the salmon of the Tweed find their way into... | |
| James Moir Porteous - 1876 - 322 páginas
...occasionally been taken in the upper parts of the Clyde above its loftiest fall, which, being eighty feet in height, it is utterly impossible for fish...the Tweed, which is accessible to, and frequented in winter by, salmon.' " Before farming operations were carried to the extent to which they have now... | |
| Archibald Geikie - 1887 - 530 páginas
...occasionally been taken in the upper parts of the Clyde above its loftiest fall, which, being eighty feet in height, it is utterly impossible for fish...the Tweed, which is accessible to, and frequented in the winter season by, salmon.' Yarrel states the highest salmon leaps to be from eight to ten feet... | |
| Archibald Geikie - 1901 - 590 páginas
...have occasionally been taken in the upper pans of the Clyde above its loftiest fall, which, Ix-ing 80 feet in height, it is utterly impossible for fish...On the occasion of a large flood, the two streams liecome connected, and the Clyde actually pours a portion of its waters into one of the tributaries... | |
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