. 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. ft WANDCRINGS IN SOUTH SECOND JOURNEY. : , BnlliirnrPeN naiiibuco. In tho year 1816, two days before the vernal equinox, I wailed from Liverpool for Pemainbuco, in tho soiithoni hemisphere, on the coast of Brazil. There is little at this time of the year, in the European part of tho Atlantic,
. 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. ft WANDCRINGS IN SOUTH SECOND JOURNEY. : , BnlliirnrPeN naiiibuco. In tho year 1816, two days before the vernal equinox, I wailed from Liverpool for Pemainbuco, in tho soiithoni hemisphere, on the coast of Brazil. There is little at this time of the year, in the European part of tho Atlantic, to engage the atten- tion of the naturalist As you go down the channel, you see a few divers and gonnets. The middle-sized gulls, with a black spot at tho end of the wings, attend you a little way into the Iky of Biscay. When it blows a hard gale of wind, the stormy petrel makes its appearance. While the sea runs mountains high, and every wave tlireatens destruction to the labouring vessel, this little harbinger of storms is seen enjoying itself, on rapid pinion, up and down the roaring billows. When the storm is over, it appears no more. It is known to every English sailor by the name of Mother Carey's chicken. It must have been hatched in ilix)lu8's cave, amongst a clutch of squalls and tempests; for whenever they get out upon the ocean, it always con- trives to be of the party. Trade windi. /^h°*|gb ^^^ calms, and storms, and adverse winds in these latitudes are vexatious, still, when you reach the trade winds you are amply repaid for all disappointments and inconveniences. The trade winds prevail about thirty degrees on each side of the equator. This part of the ocean may be called tho Elysian Fields of Neptune's empire; and the torrid zone, notwithstanding Ovid's remark, "non est habita- bilis sestu," is rendered healthy and pleasant by these P. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readab
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