Fisherman naturalist

by Anthony Buxton

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Canonical title
Fisherman naturalist
Original publication date
1946
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[None]
Dedication
To My Family
First words
In these days when we are all living at a frightful pace, some of us at least find release and relief in slow motion. Sailing, walking, climbing and other compratively slow methods of travel are getting more and more popular ... (show all)as a contrast to the rush of life, and while improvement in communications has made accessible all types of wild country, we cannot get the best out of it by rushing through it in train or car, still less by rushing over it in an aeroplane.

Preface.
Fishing demands such absolute concentration of brain, nerves and muscles that there is no room for anything else.

Section One - Fishing ; Chapter I - Brown trout.
If sport be measured, as I think it should, by the difficulty of achieving success, stalking with a camera stands at a higher level than stalking with a rifle.

Section Two - Natural history ; Chapter V - Stalkin... (show all)g with a camera.
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Until they do, and until they seek and follow advice from the world's experts who live just across the water, the danger will, in my opinion, remain.

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Hunting and Fishing, Sports and Leisure, Nonfiction, Science & Nature
DDC/MDS
574Natural sciences & mathematicsBiology[Formerly: Physiological and Structural Biology]
LCC
QL751 .B82ScienceZoologyZoologyAnimal behavior

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