Author: F. M. GilbertPublisher:
ISBN: 9781332477920
Category : Pets
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Excerpt from Pigeons and All About Them Every book should be dedicated to somebody, therefore, why not a book on pigeons? Yet, as I ponder over my list of friends, I find so many endeared to me by that "good comradeship' which is so universal among fanciers, that I hesitate to select any particular one, for fear the others might feel hurt. Therefore after much deliberation I have decided to select a man who is not only a blood relation to every fancier in the world, but was in fact the first fancier, and the first man to test a Homer pigeon. So with every fear of giving offense thrown to the winds, I hereby dedicate this work to that good old soul Noah (last name unknown) who (Genesis VII. chapter) sent forth a dove from the ark. It returned to him, and he sent it forth again, and yet a third time And right here I want to call down Noah, if he had any idea that his birds were a "crack lot," for when he sent it out the third time, it refused to "home" but located itself somewhere else. However, I fail to find that Noah had done any blowing about the quality of his stock, and so am willing to let the matter drop. The reader will therefore simply accept the fact that this work is dedicated to his own blood relative Noah, and let it go at that. The reader will therefore simply accept the fact that this work is dedicated to his own blood relative Noah, and let it go at that. 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.
