Eccentricities of the Animal Creation (Classic Reprint)

Eccentricities of the Animal Creation (Classic Reprint)
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Publisher : Forgotten Books
Total Pages : 372
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ISBN-10 : 0428772188
ISBN-13 : 9780428772185
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Download or read book Eccentricities of the Animal Creation (Classic Reprint) written by John Timbs and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-10 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Eccentricities of the Animal Creation In the reign of Charles I., a sort of Royal Mena gerie took the place of the deer with which St. J ames's Park was stocked in the days of Henry VIII. And Queen Elizabeth. Charles II. Greatly enlarged and improved the Park and here he might be seen playing with his dogs and feeding his ducks. The Bird-cage Walk, on the south side of the Park, had in Charles's time the cages of an aviary disposed among the trees. Near the east end of a canal was the Decoy, where water-fowl were kept; and here was Duck Island, with its salaried Governor. 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.


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