Author: James W. Girvin

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-29

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 9780267138630

Excerpt from The Master Planter or Life in the Cane, Fields of Hawaii There were some drawbacks, however, in the form of vermin. The air teemed with birds and insects and the ground had its myriads of gophers and squirrels, while from the plain came up the cotton-tail and the jack-rabbit to devour anything green. His strawberries, raspberries and other small fruit were preyed upon by the quail, catbirds and others, whilst his melons were sought after by badgers and other quadrupeds. Deer frequently came down at night and revelled in his corn and cereals. Game was plentiful, and grizzly and brown bear threat ened not only to decimate his pig-pen and calf-yard and honey stands, but to make life a burden. Indians straggling through the country frightened Madam, but were harmless. The table was rarely without venison, quail, pheasant or other game. The miners united with Kansas in pursuing the bears, mountain lions and fur-bearing ferae, and they became somewhat scarcer. Madam was sorry sometimes to see the song birds destroyed, but self protection is the first law of nature. In the early mornings, and at even, the air would be redolent with harmony from in numerable meadow larks and thrushes. Every bush in the chap paral on the hillsides had its colony of bird life. 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.