Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon
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A section of a much larger work on Ceylon became this 1861 volume, which James Emerson Tennent revised, restoring cut passages and adding fresh observations gathered on the island. It takes in mammals, birds, reptiles, fishes and insects, with anecdotes about their habits and instincts, and includes a monograph on the elephant describing how elephants are captured and trained. Tennent argues that the island's fauna differs markedly from that of southern India. Engravings from original drawings illustrate it.
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- Author
- James Emerson Tennent
- Reading time
- About 11 hours
- Pages
- 543
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Biology
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- PDF, EPUB, Read online