Familiar A History Of The British Fishes

Author : Francis Buckland
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330361917
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (619 download)

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Download or read book Natural History of British Fishes written by Francis Buckland and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-25 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Natural History of British Fishes: Their Structure, Economic Uses, and Capture by Net and Rod; Cultivation of Fish-Ponds, Fish Suited for Acclimatisation, Artificial Breeding of Salmon The fisheries of this country - both sea and river - have now assumed such vast importance, that I have great pleasure in acceding to the wish of the Committee of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, to bring out a new edition of this book. The first edition was known under the title of Familiar History of British Fishes. Having since the publication of this book served Officially on several Government Fishery Commissions, I have lost no opportunity - whether on my travels, Inspections, or at court sittings - to obtain all possible information relative to fish and fishing. This, therefore, is not merely a book on Ichthyology, but is an introductory guide to the great and important science of fish-culture. The general public have not, I am sure, an idea of the vast importance of this science; let them therefore for a moment consider from whence must come the enormous daily supplies to be counted by hundreds of tons of fish for the great markets such as Billingsgate, Liverpool, Birmingham, Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, &c., &c. 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.