The Naturalist in Siluria (Herefordshire, Radnorshire, Brecknockshire and Glamorganshire). By Captain Mayne Reid ... PDF Download

Author: Mayne 1818-1883 Reid
Publisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9781373399373
Category : History
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Pages : 256

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Author: Mayne Reid
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Author: Captain Mayne Reid
Publisher: Palala Press
ISBN: 9781356416172
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Pages : 258

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Author: Captain Mayne Reid
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781330227770
Category : Pets
Languages : en
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Excerpt from The Naturalist in Siluria, (Herefordshire, Radnorshire, Brecknockshire and Glamorganshire) This new book is a departure from the class of literature by which Captain Reid made his name famous. It was left in MS. at his death in 1883, and not until 1889 did his widow place it in the hands of a publisher. Any careful reader of Captain Mayne Reid's Tales of Adventures will have discovered that his strongest point is his vigorous and accurate description of Natural Scenery: Therefore, when he retired from bin travels and London Society to Penyard Grange, in the lovely valley of Woolhope, not far from the city of Hereford, it was only a matter of course that the old Indian hunter should take to the woods and fields, and devote his leisure to the study of Natural History - examples for which existed so abundantly in his immediate neighborhood. A more ardent lover of nature than our author it would be hard to name - not even excepting the celebrated Gilbert White, of Selbourne. The district in which he made his observations is indicated in the title of his book, Siluria, concerning which we quote from Camden's Britannia: "Ptolemy says the Silures inhabited those countries which the Welsh call by one general name, Dehubarth, or the southern part; branched at this day into new names - Herefordshire, Radnorshire, Brecknockshire and Glamorganshire." Professor Murchison revived the forgotten name of the tribe of ancient Britons by naming the palaeozoic rocks discovered in that locality Silurian, a term which has been adopted by all geologists in describing this particular strata - no matter where discovered. 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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Author: MAYNE. REID
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Author: Mayne Reid
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780266161066
Category : Pets
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Excerpt from The Naturalist in Siluria I dwell in a district of country remarkable for its rich ness in plant and animal life I mean, of course, the wild and indigenous. So varied and plentiful are the species that in these respects I venture to believe there is no other part of England, or, indeed, the United Kingdom, which can at all compare with it. This profusion is chiefly due to its peculiar geological features. As will be easily understood, the geology of any particular part of the earth's surface affects the character of its botany so much that the former may appropriately be termed the parent of the latter while, in turn, the plant-life may be regarded as the creator and nursing-mother of all that lives, moves, and hath being. If, for instance, some grand upheaval - volcanic, plutonic, or by whatever name called - have tossed to the surface a varied series of the stratified rocks which form the earth's crust, and left their tilted edges exposed to the atmosphere, there will spring up on them a varied vegetation, with animal life in like manner diversified. And it will also be obvious that the more abrupt the dip of the upheaved strata the greater Will be this variety within the limits of a given district; as, of course, the sharper the angle cf elevation the narrower the exposed surface of any particular stratum. 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.