. 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, etc. for cabinets of natural history. Zoology; Zoologie. IHcHJIIAPIIV Ml tll<^ )lctoly 1. rthcvn house 3 tbein . Any 3e, will nirness. ch this Clio, been a lansion. linst i\w Kather. :)roceecls r a turn a hill, eeds to s. g west- dow of but heaped loosely to^'ether. Seeds of various trees, esi)e- cially those of the syejunore, fcill into the water, floated on its surface, and were arrti


. 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, etc. for cabinets of natural history. Zoology; Zoologie. IHcHJIIAPIIV Ml tll<^ )lctoly 1. rthcvn house 3 tbein . Any 3e, will nirness. ch this Clio, been a lansion. linst i\w Kather. :)roceecls r a turn a hill, eeds to s. g west- dow of but heaped loosely to^'ether. Seeds of various trees, esi)e- cially those of the syejunore, fcill into the water, floated on its surface, and were arrtisted by the bank, where they took root. Tliev were nev(!r allowed to urow into trees, and were constantly cut down. But theii loots twined themselves aniontj the stones, and bound thein tofjether so firmly, that a stronu'cr wall could not be desired. •,' .-^ s, -. Wiitrr- vail. ,AKK. WKSIW'AUli, ,flanked Ihe west low is a a large Ke. |e a few favourite it would •m, even squared. Tlie holes under these stones are favourite resorts of pike, with which the lake abounds. 1 am no angler, but I have caught many i)ike near the willows by trolling, using nothing but a willow stick by way of rod, a hank of whipcord for a line, a gorge hook, and a minnow for bait. The largest that 1 ever took there M'eighed rather over ten pounds, and very proud I was of the lish, though it was a heavy and inconvenient article to carry to the house. Some of the pike, incliuling the ten-pounder, were for I'ih. 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 : Macmillan


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