Habits and Characters of Various Wild Animals (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Habits and Characters of Various Wild Animals In the hope of achieving to some degree the virtue of originality - if originality can truly be termed a virtue - this book has been written from practical observations, and, so far as possible, without the aid of references. It is understood that originality strikes the keynote of interest, and while I have perhaps been guilty of shirking the more burdensome and technical details concerning the animals dealt with, I have endeavoured to include not only necessary facts, but also to infuse into each record something of the character of the beast itself. I have considered it essential not only to describe an animal as a creature of certain habits, but also to treat it as a thing of temperament and character, for it is only by the power of insight into this side of nature that one can hope to arrive at a thorough understanding of the denizens of the wild. An American Indian, when trying to impart his knowledge concerning some wild beast, tells you not of its habits, but of its character, and it is because he himself knows so well the temperaments of the creatures he hunts that he is so much a master of woodcraft, for with this knowledge he is at once on the highroad to penetrating the innermost secrets of their lives. In the same way the man who is dependent upon his traps for a living profits at every turn by his intimate knowledge of the creatures he is out to trap. 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.