Sorrows and joys of a New Zealand naturalist
Description: "During the last century and a half, successive tides of biological change have swept New Zealand, each of them bringing its special perils to the ancient inhabitants of land and water, its special modifications to the very surface indeed and contour of the land. In this volume these alterations will be considered from the point of view of one who has lived his life in the back country and a considerable part of whose time has been spent on unpeopled coasts, islands difficult to access, and barren river-beds. Under canvas, in shepherds' huts, in grimy gold-washers' shanties, in the oily wigwams of mutton-birders, the writer has enjoyed the opportunities at first hand and on the spot for consideration of the problems presented. What he has made of them readers must judge. In this volume his conclusions are given for what they are worth."--Page 15.
Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: "During the last century and a half, successive tides of biological change have swept New Zealand, each of them bringing its special perils to the ancient inhabitants of land…