The naturalist's pocket-book, or tourist's companion, being a brief introduction to the different branches of natural history. With approved methods for collecting and preserving the various productions of nature / by George Graves.

  • George Graves
Date:
1818
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The naturalist's pocket-book, or tourist's companion, being a brief introduction to the different branches of natural history. With approved methods for collecting and preserving the various productions of nature / by George Graves. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    three hundred species, but few of which are of any materia! inconvenience to man. Of Amphibia our species are few, and only one venemous reptile is found in the British Islands. Our species of Fishes are numerous, many kinds of which are in immense abundance, and oiler a healthful supply of food, frequently in boundless profusion; in fact so prodigious is the quantity consumed, for food, for the purpose of extracting oil, and for manure, as to baffle all attempts at calculation as to number. Insects are not so numerous as in more southern countries, though we have a considerable variety, and some of extreme beauty and interest. Of the class Vermes, the Conchology of Great Britain, though it offers numerous species, is but very poor in point of beauty, compared with many other countries ; of those kinds that are used for the purpose of food, as Oysters, Muscles, Scallops, See. we have abundance, on most of our shores ; of the other divisions in this class we have a great variety, but as they are not subjects of general interest, we shall merely enume- rate them in their generic order, pointing out any pe- culiarities in their form, structure and habits. The Botanical subjects indigenous to Great Britain are numerous, and her forests have long contributed to sustain her naval superiority; her products of Grain, Pulse, Fruits and Vegetables, applied to the purpose of food by her in- habitants, and of Grass and Herbage for Cattle, are not sur- passed in Countries situated under a more genial temperatui e. Here the Botanist has it always in his power to examine some or other species of plant, as every period of the s 3
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