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a Young Naturalist, by Lucien Biart
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Title: Adventures of a Young Naturalist
Author: Lucien Biart
Editor: Parker Gillmore
Release Date: July 8, 2008 [EBook #26009]
Language: English
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[Illustration: FRONTISPIECE.]
ADVENTURES
OF
A YOUNG NATURALIST.
BY
LUCIEN BIART.
EDITED AND ADAPTED BY PARKER GILLMORE, AUTHOR OF "ALL ROUND THE WORLD," "GUN, ROD, AND SADDLE," "ACCESSIBLE FIELD SPORTS," ETC.
WITH ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS.
[Illustration]
NEW YORK: HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE. 1871.
PREFACE.
There is no country on the face of the earth that possesses greater interest in the eyes of the scientific or travelled than Mexico, the scene where the adventures so graphically and clearly narrated in this volume transpired: nor is this partiality to be wondered at when we recall to memory what a lavish hand Nature has subtended to her.
Although several of ou