. Travels to discover the source of the Nile, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773 : in five volumes . ite, with fmall fpots of brown ; its belly a lively yel-low. Its legs and feet are a yellowiih brown. Its feet flrongerand larger than is generally found in this kind of bird. I Vol. V. C c never m APPENDIX. never heard it coo, or make any noife. I killed this,, andmany others, in our road to Tcherkin. In M. de Buffon^collection I fee a bird refembling this,. coming from of Africa, as I remember ;. but his birds in general,are fo very ill-drawn; and his coloured ones f
. Travels to discover the source of the Nile, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773 : in five volumes . ite, with fmall fpots of brown ; its belly a lively yel-low. Its legs and feet are a yellowiih brown. Its feet flrongerand larger than is generally found in this kind of bird. I Vol. V. C c never m APPENDIX. never heard it coo, or make any noife. I killed this,, andmany others, in our road to Tcherkin. In M. de Buffon^collection I fee a bird refembling this,. coming from of Africa, as I remember ;. but his birds in general,are fo very ill-drawn; and his coloured ones fo fhamefullydaubed, that nothing,certain<can refcm-* *&&&* TSAL T S A L Y, A, ©r* F L Y- THE infecl: which we have here before us is a proofhow fallacious it is to judge by appearances. If weeonfider its fmall fize,,its weaknefs, want of variety or beau-ty, nothing in the creation is more contemptible and infig*nificant. Yet palling from-thefe to his hiilory, and to of his powers, we muft confefs the very greatinjuftice we do him-from want of coniideration. We. 7/£ja/?jjz/. /Art •?£ 4H Mfv
Size: 1851px × 1349px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorrusse, booksubjectexplorers, booksubjectnaturalhistory
