Leaves From an Indian Jungle

Angebote / Angebote:

Excerpt from Leaves From an Indian Jungle: Gathered During Thirteen Years of a Jungle Life in the Provinces, the Deccan and BerarThe writer is aware that -the illustrations - especiall)71 some 'of the animal 'figures - lfall b'elovir artistic standards, but the animals, feebly depicted though they be, will not be found posing in those conventional 'indian surroundings which exist solely in the fertile imagination Of the' untravelled artist, or may have been elaborated by him 'on5 the rough suggestions of those who possess the necessary local knowledge without the power of expressing it in a useful way. No care has been spared maximize the sketches true to Nature, and to present wild 'beasts as) they are actually found at home, and, for this purpose, scenes have been revisited for the express purpose of securing truth in the smallest details, All the landscapes are fac-si'miles of actual localities as they exist at the present moment.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.