This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 Excerpt: ...it is excellent for making shoes. The kangaroo is so much hunted that it is feared that it will soon be as scarce in Australia as the buffalo is in America. It is said that6oo0 skins are received at Newark every week. At this rate it would take only a few years to use them all up, as there were only i,8oo, ooo in ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 Excerpt: ...it is excellent for making shoes. The kangaroo is so much hunted that it is feared that it will soon be as scarce in Australia as the buffalo is in America. It is said that6oo0 skins are received at Newark every week. At this rate it would take only a few years to use them all up, as there were only i,8oo, ooo in Australia in 1887. The kangaroo can be easily tamed. Several years ago Baron Rothschild had several It has a large head with a crest, and a long straight bill. Its color is blue above and white on the breast, with a blue band across the breast. whence it gets its name of belted. It lives near fresh water rivers and lakes, and may often be seen skimming along the surface of the water looking for fish, on which it feeds. When it sees a fish, it stops suddenly, dashes down headlong into the water, seizes it with its bill, carries it to a stump or tree, and swallows it head foremost, unless it be too large. when it first breaks it to pieces. It l makes its nest in deep holes which it digs in the river's bank, and lays usually six white eggs, The European kingfisher, which is much like the belted kingfisher in its habits, is the halcyon of the ancients, who believed that the sea stayed calm for a few days while the bird was building its nest. These days, which were the seven days before and the seven days after the winter solstice (2ist December), were therefore called halcyon days. The kingfisher belongs to the order of z'nsess0res, or perching BIRDS. The word kingfisher is made up of the Anglo-Saxon cyng, king, and fisrere, fisher. KlTCHEN'MDDENS. Onthesea coast of many countries have been found great heaps of refuse, left by the ancient peoples who lived there. These heaps, first noticed and examined in Denmark, were called, _7'0zkl'en-moeddz'ng..
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Tight binding, edge wear, gilt a bit rubbed, mild creases to backstrip, cover wear, small peel to pastedown, Good+ 690pp, octavo. 1882 on title page, 1879 on copyright page.
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Good (with wear to covers) 690pp. Numerous illus. See article on Champlin in D.A.B. Inscribed on front end paper: "Presented to Arthur by his Mother on Christmas Day 1879. ' (loc x138/2)
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NY: Henry Holt & Co, 1889. v, 690p. Engravings of all manner of natural & artificial objects. 8x5.5'', cloth. Spine tips lightly frayed, cloth rubbed, soiled, text faintly tanned, G.