. Our search for a wilderness; an account of two ornithological expeditions to Venezuela and to British Guiana. Natural history; Birds. 358 OUR SEARCH FOR A WILDERNESS. natural home, while the other yellow Tyrants frequent wooded river banks. At one o'clock we came in sight of a barn-like shelter in which was housed a huge steam traction plough, and radiat- ing out across the savanna were the lines of dykes which marked the great fields intended for rice Fig. 146. Our Bung.^low on Abary A few minutes more of steaming brought us to a landing place on a small island, with the
. Our search for a wilderness; an account of two ornithological expeditions to Venezuela and to British Guiana. Natural history; Birds. 358 OUR SEARCH FOR A WILDERNESS. natural home, while the other yellow Tyrants frequent wooded river banks. At one o'clock we came in sight of a barn-like shelter in which was housed a huge steam traction plough, and radiat- ing out across the savanna were the lines of dykes which marked the great fields intended for rice Fig. 146. Our Bung.^low on Abary A few minutes more of steaming brought us to a landing place on a small island, with the bungalow in the centre. This islet and in fact this whole region has an interesting history. All this savanna was once a densely wooded jungle of mora trees, eta palms and other growth. In 1S37 a drought occurred of such extent that all the vegetation—trees, palms and underbrush —became dry as chips. The inevitable fol- lowed and a fire started in some way which swept this whole. 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 Beebe, Mary; Beebe, William, 1877-1962, joint author. London, Constable
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