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Koryak peoples method of hunting bear in the Russian Far East. Bait is hung from a tree for the bear to climb and ensnare itself in the noose. Asian black bear, Ursus thibetanus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Reverend Thomas Smiths The Naturalists Cabinet, or Interesting Sketches of Animal History, Albion Press, James Cundee, London, 1806. Smith, fl. 1803-1818, was a writer and editor of books on natural history, religion, philosophy, ancient history and astronomy.
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Koryak peoples method of hunting bear in the Russian Far East. Bait is hung from a tree for the bear to climb and ensnare itself in the noose. Asian black bear, Ursus thibetanus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Reverend Thomas Smiths The Naturalists Cabinet, or Interesting Sketches of Animal History, Albion Press, James Cundee, London, 1806. Smith, fl. 1803-1818, was a writer and editor of books on natural history, religion, philosophy, ancient history and astronomy.
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Image size:
7867 x 4278 px | 96.3 MB
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66.6 x 36.2 cm | 26.2 x 14.3 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
ALBION PRESS • ANECDOTE • ANIMAL • ANIMALS • ARBOL • ASIAN BLACK BEAR • BAIT • BEAR • CLIMB • COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING • FUR HUNTER • HANDCOLOURED • HUNT • HUNTER • HUNTING • JAMES CUNDEE • KAMCHATKA • KORIACK • KORIAK • KORYAK PEOPLE • MEAT • NATURAL HISTORY • NATURAL SCIENCES • NATURALISTS CABINET, THE • NATURE STUDY • NOOSE • OR INTERESTING SKETCHES OF ANIMAL HISTORY • REVEREND THOMAS SMITH • ROPE • RUSSIAN FAR EAST • SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATION • SELENARCTOS THIBETANUS • SNARE • TRAPPER • TRAPPING • TRAPSTER • TREE • TREES • URSUS THIBETANUS • ZOOLOGY
