Fishes and Their Ways of Life (Classic Reprint)
Fishes and Their Ways of Life (Classic Reprint)

Author: Louis Roule

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-08-09

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 9780267128464

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Excerpt from Fishes and Their Ways of Life Many keen fishermen have a particular devotion to that form of the art which is practised from a boat, and among their number I certainly include myself. I have Often practised their art in the past, and I practise it still. At any fit and proper time I am prepared to accompany a friend to river, lake, or sea, especially the sea. And so I find delights unknown to the Shore fisherman. I am brought closer to creatures which must be watched for if they are to be caught, and I have a greater Share in their existence. Fishing is no longer a sedate and tranquil form of recreation, no longer a mere stroll along a river bank, or an excuse for a nap; it becomes something more in the nature of hunting, of the chase. It has attractions and dangers all its own. But I do not always confine myself to that common type of fishing which is concerned with catching fish and nothing more. I am after something more than this, and I use special gear. As a naturalist I fish because I seek to garner all the living creatures that dwell in the waters so that I may know them all and learn all about them. The world of waters does not consist only of the fish we use for food. Together with these live other creatures having a place and usefulness of their own. And they are all worth knowing. So. 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.

The Story of Fish Life (Classic Reprint)
The Story of Fish Life (Classic Reprint)

Author: W. P. Pycraft

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-04

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9780267805501

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Excerpt from The Story of Fish Life The Story of Fish Life began ages and ages ago. Of this we are assured, not by any written record, but through the labours of those who spend their lives in exploring the dried basins of ancient lakes and seas, searching for the dead which may in cidentally have been preserved therein. The accumulated results of these explorations have provided us with a rich material for study in the shape of the hard parts, at least, of fishes of many kinds, the like of which, in many cases, we shall never see again. But some of these may be traced through a long series of geological forma tions, up to their living descendants, and serve to fill gaps otherwise incomprehensible. They enable us to weave out of the Whole of the collected evidence a story, as plainly as though we had transcribed it from the more familiar print. 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.

Fishes and Their Ways of Life
Fishes and Their Ways of Life

Author: Conrad Elphinstone

Publisher: Andesite Press

Published: 2015-08-09

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9781296631383

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How to Teach About Aquatic Life
How to Teach About Aquatic Life

Author: Frank Owen Payne

Publisher:

Published: 2015-08-05

Total Pages: 70

ISBN-13: 9781332234127

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Excerpt from How to Teach About Aquatic Life: Fishes, Shellfish, Reptiles and Their Life-History In beginning the study of the various forms of life which are found in water, one discovers that they are as various and as different as those which live in the air. Indeed one is often led to think that water-creatures are more variable and more wonderful than the inhabitants of the air. This is not the truth. They seem curious because we are not familiar with them. But they are no more so than are the creatures with which we are most familiar. All living things are wonderful. Nay more, all created things are wonderful. It is not for man to say which of all God's works is most so. But whether we study life in the water or out of it, one fact belongs to all living things: All breathe. 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.

The Story of the Fishes (Classic Reprint)
The Story of the Fishes (Classic Reprint)

Author: James Newton Baskett

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-07-31

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 9780484391894

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Excerpt from The Story of the Fishes These two movements may be made antagonistic by poor teaching. The book knowledge, containing as it does the precious lesson of human experience, may be so taught as to bring with it only dead rules of conduct, only dead, scraps of information, and no stimulant to original thinking. Its contents may be memorized without being understood. On the other hand, the self-activity of the child may be stimulated at the expense of his social well-being - his Originality may be cultivated at the expense of his rationality. If he is taught persistently to have his own way, to trust only his own senses. To cling to his own Opinions heedless of the experience of his fellows, he is pre paring for an unsuccessful, misanthropic career, and is likely enough to end his life in a madhouse. It is admitted that a too exclusive study of the knowledge found in books, the knowledge which is aggregated from the experience and thought of other people, may result in loading the mind of the pupil with material which he can not use to advantage. 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.

Marvels of Fish Life as Revealed by the Camera (Classic Reprint)
Marvels of Fish Life as Revealed by the Camera (Classic Reprint)

Author: Francis Ward

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-25

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 9780666359599

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Excerpt from Marvels of Fish Life as Revealed by the Camera This is not because fish are less interesting than birds or mammals, but chiefly because of the difficulty of Observing them in their native element. I have endeavoured in this book to Show how fish reveal to the Observer their intentions and emotions by attitudes, movements and changes in colour. I have described the eggs and the early life histories of a few of our commoner fishes, and how the adult fish is assisted in the battle for existence by concealing coloration and other devices. The habits Of a few marine animals have been dealt with, and finally I have explained in detail how the various photographs shown have been Obtained, in the hope that the information may be Of assistance to those interested in fish photo graphy. 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.

Fishes I Have Known (Classic Reprint)
Fishes I Have Known (Classic Reprint)

Author: Arthur Henry Beavan

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-03-17

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9780364822807

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Excerpt from Fishes I Have Known The subject of fish and fishing has always been of such interest, particularly to inhabitants of sea girt lands, that this book (professedly non technical) recording my experience of the life and habits of fishes, and the various modes of capturing them in Great Britain and elsewhere, does not, I think, require much justification for its existence. 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.

The Fresh-Water Fishes of Europe
The Fresh-Water Fishes of Europe

Author: H. G. Seeley

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-07

Total Pages: 474

ISBN-13: 9780656014620

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Excerpt from The Fresh-Water Fishes of Europe: A History of Their Genera, Species, Structure, Habits, and Distribution Shortcomings of omission of some species, almost inevitable in a work of this kind, may be remedied hereafter. But we trust that the fabric of the work will give a new interest to the Fishes of our own country, and may influence British peoples to a thrifty cultivation of the roving wealth which swims, little heeded, in our forms of fresh-water fish life - a cultivation like that which rewards the folk who breed and care for, and feed upon the Fresh-water Fishes of Continental Europe. 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.

On the Food of Fishes (Classic Reprint)
On the Food of Fishes (Classic Reprint)

Author: F. Day

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2019-01-31

Total Pages: 38

ISBN-13: 9780267846146

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Excerpt from On the Food of Fishes Having ascertained what minute forms or other descrip tions of life are employed for the nourishment of the fish, the inquiry branches off into what it is that governs and controls migration of these forms, as currents, soils, tempe rature, atmospheric vicissitudes, or some more minute food upon which they themselves subsist What are their enemies and their friends, and the conditions which favour the pre sence or absence of either class? Fishes may for convenience' sake be divided into preda cious, omnivorous, and herbivorous species, which necessitate an organisation suitable for each. Some are rapid swimmers in order to overtake prey, or escape from their foes others, which obtain their food by means of stratagem, are con structed for a slower mode of progression. But, for two reasons, I must omit the consideration of form first, because such are familiar to my hearers, and have represen tatives among the collections shown in this Exhibition and secondly, because such would unduly lengthen my paper. The various descriptions of teeth in fishes are more or less demonstrative of the great difference which must exist as to the food they consume some being prehensile, in order to assist in capturing and retaining their prey; others are more rounded for the purpose of crushing the shells upon which they mainly subsist. In carp the teeth are restricted to the throat, but the variations are too numerous to enter upon in this place. 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.

Life-History and Habits of the Salmon, Sea-Trout, Trout, and Other Freshwater Fish (Classic Reprint)
Life-History and Habits of the Salmon, Sea-Trout, Trout, and Other Freshwater Fish (Classic Reprint)

Author: P. D. Malloch

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-09

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9781331666448

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Excerpt from Life-History and Habits of the Salmon, Sea-Trout, Trout, and Other Freshwater Fish Fish and their ways have at all times engaged the attention of the writer, and the outcome of these studies has been the production of this volume. Within its pages he has endeavoured to clear up many points relative to the history of salmon and trout which have until lately remained a mystery. So many unsatisfactory theories have been advanced, that he determined to take full advantage of his position as Manager of the Tay Salmon Fisheries Co., Ltd., and do all in his power to investigate and further our knowledge regarding this most interesting branch of Natural History. With this end in view, the marking of smolts on their way to the sea, and their recapture afterwards, have been extensively carried on, and their weight, date of capture, and the particular run to which they belonged, have been carefully recorded. Hitherto it was believed that salmon smolts returned as grilse the same year as they went down to the sea, but a study of the smolt does not bear this out. Again, the writer shows that the large Spring salmon, the small Spring salmon, and also the "Summer Run," are on their first return from the sea, and not from the kelt grilse as many supposed. Evidence is also given that the so-called salmon bull-trout is not a trout, but a true salmon which has spawned, and consequently has become altered in appearance and white in the flesh. 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.