The Life-History of British Serpents: And Their Local Distribution in the British Isles (Classic Reprint)Excerpt from The Life-History of British Serpents: And Their Local Distribution in the British Isles With regard to the illustrations in this book, all are from my own photographs with the exception of the portrait of Brusher Mills, which is supplied by Mr Short Of Lyndhurst; the photo of the blunt-tailed ring-snake, which is by Mr Forrest, and that of the adder from Rev. H. A. Macpherson's book, previously acknowledged. I owe a special debt of gratitude, however, to Rev. O. Pickard Cambridge for lending me specimens of the smooth snake to photograph. Snakes are not the easiest of objects to photograph, and I trust my illustrations will be judged, not from the point of view of artistic pictures, but as indicating the special point aimed at in each. 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. |