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FOREST LIFE: A Fishermens Sketches in Norway and Sweden - The Rev. Henry Newland.
(S/hand, Hardcover, 1855). (1854) 1855 2nd edition. Small 8vo (120 x 188mm). Ppvi,418. B/w illustrations. Red textured and blind-stamped cloth, upper board and spine titled and decorated in gilt. Front hinge tender, spine half broken, part missing and edges worn and cloth slightly rubbed but good-plus. The author recalls his travels to northern Europe with many notes on fishing and shooting. "These northern sketches are, in truth, a continuation of a former work, 'The Erne, its Legends and its Fly-fishing;' as the expedition which gave rise to them was in every respect the same as the old Belleek fishing-association, with a simple change of scene." Chapters include:- Preparation; The voyage; The Shipwash Sand; The landfall; Christiansand; The Torjedahl; The encampment Mosse Eurd; Making a night of it; The hell fall; Departure from Torjedahl; The mountain march; The homestead; The church; Breaking up the encampment; Eider duck hunting; The coasting voyage; Gotheborg; Trollhatten; Gaddeback; Wenern; The meet; The commencement of the Skal; The Satterval; Making another night of it; The watch fire; Beating out the Skal; The ball; The wedding; Homeward bound. .
(S/hand, Hardcover, 1855). (1854) 1855 2nd edition. Small 8vo (120 x 188mm). Ppvi,418. B/w illustrations. Red textured and blind-stamped cloth, upper board and spine titled and decorated in gilt. Front hinge tender, spine half broken, part missing and edges worn and cloth slightly rubbed but good-plus. The author recalls his travels to northern Europe with many notes on fishing and shooting. "These northern sketches are, in truth, a continuation of a former work, 'The Erne, its Legends and its Fly-fishing;' as the expedition which gave rise to them was in every respect the same as the old Belleek fishing-association, with a simple change of scene." Chapters include:- Preparation; The voyage; The Shipwash Sand; The landfall; Christiansand; The Torjedahl; The encampment Mosse Eurd; Making a night of it; The hell fall; Departure from Torjedahl; The mountain march; The homestead; The church; Breaking up the encampment; Eider duck hunting; The coasting voyage; Gotheborg; Trollhatten; Gaddeback; Wenern; The meet; The commencement of the Skal; The Satterval; Making another night of it; The watch fire; Beating out the Skal; The ball; The wedding; Homeward bound. .
