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Excerpt from The Wilderness of the North Pacific Coast Islands: A Hunter''s Experiences While Searching for Wapiti, Bears, and Caribou on the Larger Coast Islands of British Columbia and Alaska
This is a tale of hunting, during rain and storm, for special animals; much of the country traversed was un known in detail to white men, some of it had not even been trodden by natives; it was not possible to obtain guides familiar with the habits and haunts of the animals; and the time which could be spared for each trip was limited. Little attention, therefore, could be given to natural history which, in the regions visited, has fortunately to some extent been investigated. But no literature, giving the detailed experiences of hunting in all of these islands, exists.
My thanks are due to some of my friends for helpful criticism of the Montague Island narrative, and I am very much indebted to Dr. C. Hart Merriam for numer ous suggestions in regard to this part of the narrative, all of which have been adopted.
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This is a tale of hunting, during rain and storm, for special animals; much of the country traversed was un known in detail to white men, some of it had not even been trodden by natives; it was not possible to obtain guides familiar with the habits and haunts of the animals; and the time which could be spared for each trip was limited. Little attention, therefore, could be given to natural history which, in the regions visited, has fortunately to some extent been investigated. But no literature, giving the detailed experiences of hunting in all of these islands, exists.
My thanks are due to some of my friends for helpful criticism of the Montague Island narrative, and I am very much indebted to Dr. C. Hart Merriam for numer ous suggestions in regard to this part of the narrative, all of which have been adopted.
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.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
Contributors
Author
Charles Sheldon
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780265843253
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.0 cm
Page Count - 371
Paperback
Contributors
Author
Charles Sheldon
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781330515778
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.0 cm
Page Count - 373
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