Afloat in the forest, or, A voyage among the tree-tops . surface — sufficient to carry the weight of the biggest was what was supporting the piosocas. On scanning the surface more carefully, they could distin- THE JACANAS. 141 guish the big lily, and its leaf with a turned-up edge resem-bling the rim of a Chinese gong, or a huge frying-pan. Theybecame acquainted for the first time with that gigantic lily,which has been entitled the Royal Victoria, and the dis-coverer of which was knighted for his flattery. T is the famo depiosoca, said Munday, continuing hisexplanation. It is called
Afloat in the forest, or, A voyage among the tree-tops . surface — sufficient to carry the weight of the biggest was what was supporting the piosocas. On scanning the surface more carefully, they could distin- THE JACANAS. 141 guish the big lily, and its leaf with a turned-up edge resem-bling the rim of a Chinese gong, or a huge frying-pan. Theybecame acquainted for the first time with that gigantic lily,which has been entitled the Royal Victoria, and the dis-coverer of which was knighted for his flattery. T is the famo depiosoca, said Munday, continuing hisexplanation. It is called so, because, as you see, its likethe oven on which we bake our Cassava; and because it isthe favorite roost of the piosoca. By piosoca the Indian meant the singular jacana of thefamily Pahtmedeidce, of which there are species both in Afri-ca and America. The birds had fortunately made their appearance at a cri-sis when the spectators required something to abstract theirthoughts from the cares that encompassed them, and so muchwere they engrossed by t
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