Author: Edmund Selous

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-02

Total Pages: 426

ISBN-13: 9780267594856

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Excerpt from The Bird Watcher in the Shetlands: With Some Notes on Seals and Digressions I have no doubt that these pages contain some errors of observation or inference which I am not yet aware of - but those who only glance at them may sometimes be inclined to correct me, where, later, I correct myself. It is best, I think, to let one's mis takes stand recorded against one, for mistakes have their interest, and often emphasize some truth. Honesty, too, would suffer in their suppression - and besides, if one has got in some idea or reflection that pleases one, or a piece of descriptive writing that does not seem amiss, how tiresome to have to scratch it out, merely because it is founded on a wrong apprehension! - the spire to come tumbling just for the want of a base! For these reasons, therefore - especially the last, when it applies - I have not suppressed my errors, even where I happen to know them. There they stand, if only to encourage others who may be labouring in the same field as myself - which makes one more high-minded motive. 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 The Bird Watcher in the Shetlands written by Edmund Selous and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-02 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Bird Watcher in the Shetlands: With Some Notes on Seals and Digressions I have no doubt that these pages contain some errors of observation or inference which I am not yet aware of - but those who only glance at them may sometimes be inclined to correct me, where, later, I correct myself. It is best, I think, to let one's mis takes stand recorded against one, for mistakes have their interest, and often emphasize some truth. Honesty, too, would suffer in their suppression - and besides, if one has got in some idea or reflection that pleases one, or a piece of descriptive writing that does not seem amiss, how tiresome to have to scratch it out, merely because it is founded on a wrong apprehension! - the spire to come tumbling just for the want of a base! For these reasons, therefore - especially the last, when it applies - I have not suppressed my errors, even where I happen to know them. There they stand, if only to encourage others who may be labouring in the same field as myself - which makes one more high-minded motive. 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.