. Wanderings in South America, the north-west of the United States, and the Antilles, in the years 1812, 1816, 1820, and 1824 [microform] : with original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, &c. for cabinets of natural history. Zoology; Zoologie. 154 WANDERINGS IN Mir W^m. Third what remained of it, became liead-qiiarters for natural .loi'UNEY. history. The frops, and here and there a snake, received that attontit)n Avliich the weak in this worUl generally experience from the strong, and which the law com- monly denominates an ejectment. But here, neither the frogs nor serpe
. Wanderings in South America, the north-west of the United States, and the Antilles, in the years 1812, 1816, 1820, and 1824 [microform] : with original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, &c. for cabinets of natural history. Zoology; Zoologie. 154 WANDERINGS IN Mir W^m. Third what remained of it, became liead-qiiarters for natural .loi'UNEY. history. The frops, and here and there a snake, received that attontit)n Avliich the weak in this worUl generally experience from the strong, and which the law com- monly denominates an ejectment. But here, neither the frogs nor serpents were ill-treated; they sallied forth, without bxittet or rebuke, to choose their place of resi- dence. The worUl was all before them ; the omIs went aAvay of their own accord, preferring to retire to a hol- low tree rather than to associate Avith their new landlord. The bats and vampires staid with me, and went in and out as usual. It was upon this hill in former days that I first tried to teach John, the black slave of my friend Mr. Edmon- stone, the proper way to do birds. But John had poor abilities, and it retpiired much time and patience to drive any thing into him. Some years after this his master took him to Scotland, where, becoming free, John left him, and got employed in the Glasgow, and then the Edinburgh museum. Mr. Robert Edmonstone, nephew to the above gentleman, had a fine nudatto capable of learning any thing. He recjuested me tc teach him the art. I did so. He was docile and active, and was M'ith me all the time in the forest; I left him there to keep up this new art of presei-ving birds, and to commvaiicate it to others. Here then I fixed my head-quarters, in the ruins of this once gay and hospitable house. Close by, in a little i. 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 Waterto
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