. Wanderings in South America, the North-west of the United States and the Antilles, in the years 1812, 1816, 1820, & 1824 : with original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, etc. for cabinets of natural history . Zoology; Taxidermy. 436 EXPLANATORY INDEX. Another possessed the rather dangerous faculty of lighting lucifer-matches, and knocking them about with his hands while blazing. Nothing pleased him so much as a flaming " fusee," as it blazed more fiercely than an ordinary match, and remained alight much longer. The sides and back of his cage were covered with
. Wanderings in South America, the North-west of the United States and the Antilles, in the years 1812, 1816, 1820, & 1824 : with original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, etc. for cabinets of natural history . Zoology; Taxidermy. 436 EXPLANATORY INDEX. Another possessed the rather dangerous faculty of lighting lucifer-matches, and knocking them about with his hands while blazing. Nothing pleased him so much as a flaming " fusee," as it blazed more fiercely than an ordinary match, and remained alight much longer. The sides and back of his cage were covered with the marks of the matches which he had lighted. Other monkeys employ artificial methods of nut-cracking, as is shown by Mr. 0. B. Brown. He had found a number of Brazil nuts on the ground, en- closed in their hard, shelly cases. " My men used to open. BROWN MONKEY. them by chopping off their ends with a cutlass, which, owing to their hardness, was no easy operation. The quatas, or large black spider-monkeys, spent a good deal of their time in trying to open them by beating them against the branches of trees, or on hard logs upon the ground ; and as we passed a grove of Brazil-nut-trees it was amusing to hear the hammer- ing sounds produced by these fellows at their self imposed tasks. Where a single monkey was thus employed the blows were most laughably ' few and far between,' the creature showing its true indolent character by the slow way in which it performed its work, resting for a few minutes between every blow. It also showed an amount of perseverance, however,. 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 ; New York : Macmillan
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