. Adventures of a young naturalist. Natural history; Indians of North America. 444 TI1E AD VENTURES OF tuning guitars and preventing the strings from break- ing. A shot fired by the Indian led us back to the bivouac; our companion had just killed an ocelot, called by the In- dians oeotchotlL a You see this animal, Chanito ?" cried PEncuerado, who was stroking its black and brown spotted fur; " well, its tongue is poisonous. When it kills a stag or peccary, it buries its prey under some leaves, then climbs the nearest tree, and howls until it attracts all the carnivorous animals near.
. Adventures of a young naturalist. Natural history; Indians of North America. 444 TI1E AD VENTURES OF tuning guitars and preventing the strings from break- ing. A shot fired by the Indian led us back to the bivouac; our companion had just killed an ocelot, called by the In- dians oeotchotlL a You see this animal, Chanito ?" cried PEncuerado, who was stroking its black and brown spotted fur; " well, its tongue is poisonous. When it kills a stag or peccary, it buries its prey under some leaves, then climbs the nearest tree, and howls until it attracts all the carnivorous animals near. When they have feasted, it comes down and devours what is left.'5. " But why does it call the animals ?w I asked. "Didn't I tell you its tongue is poisonous? If it ate first, the venom would be communicated to the food, and the animals that feasted on the remains would ; This fable narrated by Hernandez, and still told by the Indians, must have originated in some as yet unobserved habit of the oeotchotlL. 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 Biart, Lucien, 1828-1897; Gillmore, Parker, editor; Benett, Léon, engraver; Simon, P. , engraver; Moll, E. R. , engraver; Pisan, A. , engraver; Gauchard, Félix Jean, engraver; Pannemaker, Adolphe François, 1822- engraver; Harper & Brothers, publisher. New York: : Harper & Brothers, publishers, Franklin Square
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