. Wanderings in South America, the north-west of the United States, and the Antilles, in the years 1812, 1816, 1820, & 1824 [microform] : with original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds &c. for cabinets of natural history. Voyages and travels; Zoology; Voyages; Zoologie. rm 196 WANDERINGS IN SOUTH AMERICA. while the other end of the sticks expanded at equal distances round the rope, thus— rry-T n^^i-^n'rrr-rzrxrM Now, it is evident that if the cayman swallowed this (the other end of the rope, which was thirty yards long, being fastened to a tree), the more he pulled, t
. Wanderings in South America, the north-west of the United States, and the Antilles, in the years 1812, 1816, 1820, & 1824 [microform] : with original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds &c. for cabinets of natural history. Voyages and travels; Zoology; Voyages; Zoologie. rm 196 WANDERINGS IN SOUTH AMERICA. while the other end of the sticks expanded at equal distances round the rope, thus— rry-T n^^i-^n'rrr-rzrxrM Now, it is evident that if the cayman swallowed this (the other end of the rope, which was thirty yards long, being fastened to a tree), the more he pulled, the faster the barbs would stick into his stomach. This wooden hook, if you may so call it, was well baited with the flesh of the acouri, and the entrails were twisted round the rope for about a foot above it. Nearly a mile from where we had our hammocks the sand-bank was steep and abrupt, and the river very still and deep; there the Indian pricked a stick into the sand. It was two feet long, and on its extremity was fixed the machine; it himg suspended about a foot from the water, and the end of the rope was made &st to a stake driven well into the The Indian then took the empty shell of a land- tcrtoise, and gave it some heavy blows with an axe. I asked why he did that. He said it was to let the caj th( no thi foi ani Th to rei s hoc Caj mc m( mi inl thi to "1 wt In tei WJ dr hi I] it th wi. 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 Waterton, Charles, 1782-1865. London : T. Fellowes
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