Practical Game Preserving

Author : William Carnegie
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ISBN 13 : 9781332130634
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Practical Game-Preserving written by William Carnegie and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Practical Game-Preserving: A Complete Guide to the Rearing and Preservation of Both Winged and Ground Game, and the Destruction of Vermin, With Other Information of Value to the Game-Preserver The present work, although nominally a second edition of the author's "Practical Game Preserving," is practically a new production. The length of time which has elapsed since the first edition appeared has witnessed such great changes in our system of preservation, there has been such an increased amount of knowledge gained, and old methods have had to give place so largely to new ones, that an entire revision had become necessary. The aim has been to provide the game-preserver, as well as the gamekeeper, with a thoroughly trustworthy handbook, in which everything is set out clearly and precisely, and without confusing the issue by reference to alternative modes of working. It has also been deemed advisable to exclude some matters of a comparatively unimportant nature, such as the trapping and snaring of rabbits, the management of ferrets, &c., which found a place in the previous edition. These have been dealt with fully in my small manuals upon the respective subjects. Reference to the badger, the marten, and the otter as vermin is also omitted, as for the most part these creatures no longer occupy such position. Everything appearing in the manual is the outcome of proved practical and personal experience. 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.