Wanderings Of A Naturalist In India: The Western Himalayas, And Cashmere

About the Book:-The author has made a noble attempt to prepare the text to highlight the substance of account during his six years residence in India (from 1849 to 1854). This volume, aside from being a fascinating historical travelogue, presents a sampling of Indian wildlife in the mid-19th century, prior to the devastation that was to follow. The book is a fascinating read for all with an interest in the ecology and history of the sub-continent India is home to one of the richest and most diverse populations of wildlife of any territory on earth, including big cats, many species of deer, the Indian elephant, the rhinoceros and a great multitude of reptiles and birds. At the beginning of the British Raj (1858) Indian wildlife populations were largely intact - with up to 100,000 tigers in the territory alone. The following 100 years saw this rich heritage greatly depleted. A swelling native population and British big game hunting wreaked havoc on all Indian wildlife. Recent Indian and international efforts have attempted to arrest or reverse the damage and today India hosts some 515 wildlife sanctuaries and 18 biosphere reserves. This book was first published in 1867. About the Author :-Andrew Leith Adams FRSE, FRS was a Scottish physician, naturalist and geologist. He was the father of the writer Francis Adams. He studied medicine and joined as an army physician in 1848, serving in the 22nd Infantry Regiment in India. Between 1849–1854 he was posted in Dagshai, Rawalpindi and Peshawar. He also served in Kashmir, Egypt, Malta (1861–1868), Gibraltar and Canada. He spent his spare time studying the natural history of these countries. He was among the first to study the interior of Ladakh and wrote about it in "The Birds of Cashmere and Ladakh". The orange bullfinch (Pyrrhula aurantiaca) was discovered by him as also the first breeding site of brown-headed gulls (Larus brunnicephalus) in the lakes of the Tibetan plateau. He published Wanderings of a Naturalist in India, the Western Himalayas and Cashmere (1867), Notes of a Naturalist in the Nile Valley and Malta (1871) and Field and Forest Rambles (1873). The Title 'Wanderings Of A Naturalist In India: The Western Himalayas, And Cashmere written/authored/edited by Andrew Leith Adams', published in the year 2020. The ISBN 9788121242110 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 347 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is . Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol:-