Afloat in the forest, or, A voyage among the tree-tops . lining of a fine, soft silk-cotton, takenfrom the fruit of a tree called samaiima. They did notcome much into the sun, like the other kinds, but kept morein the shade, and might be often met whirring about in theaisles of the forest. Sometimes they would poise themselvesin the air, right in front of a person passing through amongthe tree trunks, and, after remaining till the intruders facewould be within a few feet of them, would fly on in advanceof him, and again come to a pause in the same way, repeatingthe manoeuvre several times in s
Afloat in the forest, or, A voyage among the tree-tops . lining of a fine, soft silk-cotton, takenfrom the fruit of a tree called samaiima. They did notcome much into the sun, like the other kinds, but kept morein the shade, and might be often met whirring about in theaisles of the forest. Sometimes they would poise themselvesin the air, right in front of a person passing through amongthe tree trunks, and, after remaining till the intruders facewould be within a few feet of them, would fly on in advanceof him, and again come to a pause in the same way, repeatingthe manoeuvre several times in succession. All these things,averred the observant Indian, made the humming-birds thatkept constantly to the forest very different from those thatonly visited it upon occasions, and therefore, in his opinion,they were of two distinct kinds. And his opinion was thecorrect one, founded on observations already made by theornithologist, and which have resulted in the classification ofthe humming-birds into two great groups, the Trochilinceand A CUL-DE-SAC. llS CHAPTER XXXVIII. A CUL-DE-SAC. NOTWITHSTANDING the pleasant theme that formedthe subject of their after-dinner discourse, it was notlong continued. Both those who took part in it and thosewho listened were too anxious about their situation to enjoyeven the most interesting conversation. As soon, therefore,as they felt sufficiently recruited by the rest, they resumedtheir aquatic journey. For several hours they continued toadvance at the same slow rate, without encountering any in-cident worthy of record. The igarape still trended in astraight line, with only here and there a slight turning toone side or the other, preserving, however, the same generaldirection, which was northward. This they had discoveredon the night before, not by observing the polar star, whichis at no time visible at the equator, nor until you havetravelled several degrees to the north of it. Even whenthis well-known star should be seen fro
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