Chinese man cormorant fishing on the banks of a lake, 18th century. The cormorants wear rings or cords around their neck to prevent them eating. Breeding spot for the Leu-tse or fishing bird on the Southern Branch of the Imperial Canal. From an account by the English traveller Sir George Staunton sent to George Shaw. Cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Reverend Thomas Smith’s The Naturalist’s 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
Chinese man cormorant fishing on the banks of a lake, 18th century. The cormorants wear rings or cords around their neck to prevent them eating. Breeding spot for the Leu-tse or fishing bird on the Southern Branch of the Imperial Canal. From an account by the English traveller Sir George Staunton sent to George Shaw. Cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Reverend Thomas Smith’s The Naturalist’s 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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