. Adventures of a young naturalist. Natural history. CHAPTER XI. A BLUE LIZAED—THE GUAVA TEEE—A CATAEACT—NEST OF YELLOW SEEPENTS—A VEGETABLE HELMET—THE KINGFISHEE—HUNTING WATEE-ELEAS—THE TADPOLE—A OF WATEE-BUGS. SjHE rice-soup, our every-day fare, was, on this occasion, m^ followed by fawn cutlets broiled on the embers, accom- panied by potatoes. This precious tubercle, in its savage state, only reminded us very slightly of its cultivated progeny. The pulp, instead of being floury, is soft, transparent, and almost tasteless. That, however, did not prevent us from eating them, and d
. Adventures of a young naturalist. Natural history. CHAPTER XI. A BLUE LIZAED—THE GUAVA TEEE—A CATAEACT—NEST OF YELLOW SEEPENTS—A VEGETABLE HELMET—THE KINGFISHEE—HUNTING WATEE-ELEAS—THE TADPOLE—A OF WATEE-BUGS. SjHE rice-soup, our every-day fare, was, on this occasion, m^ followed by fawn cutlets broiled on the embers, accom- panied by potatoes. This precious tubercle, in its savage state, only reminded us very slightly of its cultivated progeny. The pulp, instead of being floury, is soft, transparent, and almost tasteless. That, however, did not prevent us from eating them, and doing justice to our venison. Whilst we were smoking a cigar, which was called by Sumi- chrast, according to circumstances, the calumet of repose, of council, or of digestion, Lucien returned to the shrub on which he had previously found the insects. He collected a great number of these, and also discovered a third species, which was shaped. 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, ed. London. S. Low, Son, & Marston
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