C. Tate Regan
Published: 2015-07-14
Total Pages: 426
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Excerpt from The Freshwater Fishes of the British Isles However, there are few species that do not interest the disciple of Walton, who captures the larger fish for sport and the smaller ones for bait, and it is to a large extent for the angler that this book has been written, although it is not a book about angling. It is an attempt to present in popular form the distinctive characters of our fresh water fishes, and to give a reliable account of the main features of their life-history. I believe that it will be found that this work is more complete than any of its kind that has yet appeared, for the different forms of Char and Whitefish receive detailed treatment, and natural hybrids are also included. In these groups I have been able to examine much larger series of specimens than have hitherto been available, thanks to the kindness of a number of correspondents who have sent me Char, Powan, Pollan, Cyprinoid hybrids, etc., and during the last few years I have described several new forms of considerable interest. 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.