Author: An Indian Sportsman

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Published: 2015-08-05

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 9781332239214

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Excerpt from Notes on Jerdon's Mammals of India: And Lover of Natural History These notes are merely the rough jottings down of an unscientific sportsman who does not for a moment suppose that there can be any information in them worthy of the information of a Naturalist If however they corroborate that which has already been recorded by Jerdon, or induce other hunters to take an interest in natural history, the aim of the writer will be attained. He has not mentioned anything which has not, or at any rate might not have, been seen by any keen Madras sportsman, of whom there are many scores better than he is, and still more whose power and experience in penmanship would have done far more justice to the subject. For this reason he has avoided the fascinating theme of field sports as much as possible. He craves pardon for having been more egotistical than a trained scribe would; when self has been mentioned he has only wished to give evidence in the first person. He begs the eminent Naturalist on whose work these notes have been grafted to forgive his having at times formed different ideas of subjects under consideration. As a lover of natural history Dr. Jerdon must know how difficult it is to obtain correct information, as a sportsman he must remember how pleasant it is to take one's "own line." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Notes on Jerdon's Mammals of India written by An Indian Sportsman and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Notes on Jerdon's Mammals of India: And Lover of Natural History These notes are merely the rough jottings down of an unscientific sportsman who does not for a moment suppose that there can be any information in them worthy of the information of a Naturalist If however they corroborate that which has already been recorded by Jerdon, or induce other hunters to take an interest in natural history, the aim of the writer will be attained. He has not mentioned anything which has not, or at any rate might not have, been seen by any keen Madras sportsman, of whom there are many scores better than he is, and still more whose power and experience in penmanship would have done far more justice to the subject. For this reason he has avoided the fascinating theme of field sports as much as possible. He craves pardon for having been more egotistical than a trained scribe would; when self has been mentioned he has only wished to give evidence in the first person. He begs the eminent Naturalist on whose work these notes have been grafted to forgive his having at times formed different ideas of subjects under consideration. As a lover of natural history Dr. Jerdon must know how difficult it is to obtain correct information, as a sportsman he must remember how pleasant it is to take one's "own line." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.