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قراءة كتاب Edge of the Jungle
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EDGE OF THE
JUNGLE
By WILLIAM BEEBE
Honorary Curator of Birds and Director of the Tropical
Research Station of the New York Zoological Society.

GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK
GARDEN CITY PUBLISHING CO., INC.
Copyright, 1921
By HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
TO
THE BIRDS AND BUTTERFLIES,
THE ANTS AND TREE-FROGS
WHO HAVE TOLERATED ME IN
THEIR JUNGLE ANTE-CHAMBERS
I OFFER THIS VOLUME OF
FRIENDLY WORDS
NOTE
This second series of essays, following those in Jungle Peace, are republished by the kindness of the Editors of The Atlantic Monthly, Harper's Magazine and House and Garden.
With the exception of A Tropic Garden which refers to the Botanical Gardens of Georgetown, all deal with the jungle immediately about the Tropical Research Station of the New York Zoological Society, situated at Kartabo, at the junction of the Cuyuni and Mazaruni Rivers, in British Guiana.
For the accurate identification of the more important organisms mentioned, a brief appendix of scientific names has been prepared.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER | PAGE | ||
I | The Lure of Kartabo | 3 | |
II | A Jungle Clearing | 34 | |
III | The Home Town of the Army Ants | 58 | |
IV | A Jungle Beach | 90 | |
V | A Bit of Uselessness | 112 | |
VI | Guinevere the Mysterious | 123 | |
VII | A Jungle Labor Union | 149 | |
VIII | The Attas at Home | 172 | |
IX | Hammock Nights | 195 | |
X | A Tropic Garden | 230 | |
XI | The Bay of Butterflies | 252 | |
XII | Sequels | 274 | |
Appendix of Scientific Names | 295 | ||
Index | 299 |
EDGE OF THE JUNGLE
"For the true scientific method is this:
To trust no statements without verification,
to test all things as rigorously as possible,
to keep no secrets, to attempt no monopolies,
to give out one's best modestly and plainly,
serving no other end but knowledge."
To trust no statements without verification,
to test all things as rigorously as possible,
to keep no secrets, to attempt no monopolies,
to give out one's best modestly and plainly,
serving no other end but knowledge."