. Our search for a wilderness; an account of two ornithological expeditions to Venezuela and to British Guiana. Natural history; Birds. 114 OUR SEARCH FOR A WILDERNESS. thus kept down the number of mosquitoes. A Barbadian who chanced to be in the audience interrupted the scientist by saying, " Oh, but that is not the reason they put fishes in the cisterns. It is to make sure the water has not been poisoned by some enemy "! Until the mosquito is exterminated in Georgetown the tourist will prefer to go elsewhere, even though that be to a less beautiful Fig. 58. KisKADEE Tye.\nt
. Our search for a wilderness; an account of two ornithological expeditions to Venezuela and to British Guiana. Natural history; Birds. 114 OUR SEARCH FOR A WILDERNESS. thus kept down the number of mosquitoes. A Barbadian who chanced to be in the audience interrupted the scientist by saying, " Oh, but that is not the reason they put fishes in the cisterns. It is to make sure the water has not been poisoned by some enemy "! Until the mosquito is exterminated in Georgetown the tourist will prefer to go elsewhere, even though that be to a less beautiful Fig. 58. KisKADEE Tye.\nt Flycatcher. We were advised to spend all our time in Georgetown, where we might drink pink swizzles (than which no worse medicine exists!) or read in the cool library, or study the natural history of the country impaled on pins or stuffed with cotton (both of which are improving occupations but can be done quite as well in New York). Every moment spent in streets of human making seemed sacrilege when the real wilderness — the wilderness of Waterton, of Schomburgk and of im Thurn — beckoned to us just Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Beebe, Mary; Beebe, William, 1877-1962, joint author. London, Constable
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