. Wanderings in South America, the north-west of the United States and the Antilles in the years 1812, 1816, 1820 & 1824 [microform] : with original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, etc. for cabinets of natural history. Zoology; Zoologie. M'Usn ^\ ft; if. CHAriER II. Arrival at Antigua.—Doniinica.—Frogs and Humming Birds.—Martinico. —Diamond rock.—IJarbadoes.—Quashi and Venus.—The Alien Bill.— Sail for Domernra.—More about tlie Sloth.— Scarlet Grosbeak.— Crab-eating Owl.— Sun-heron.— Feet of tlie Tinaniou.—Vamjiiivs j)'^' in.—The Kaiabimiti Humming-bird.—The Monkey tribe
. Wanderings in South America, the north-west of the United States and the Antilles in the years 1812, 1816, 1820 & 1824 [microform] : with original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, etc. for cabinets of natural history. Zoology; Zoologie. M'Usn ^\ ft; if. CHAriER II. Arrival at Antigua.—Doniinica.—Frogs and Humming Birds.—Martinico. —Diamond rock.—IJarbadoes.—Quashi and Venus.—The Alien Bill.— Sail for Domernra.—More about tlie Sloth.— Scarlet Grosbeak.— Crab-eating Owl.— Sun-heron.— Feet of tlie Tinaniou.—Vamjiiivs j)'^' in.—The Kaiabimiti Humming-bird.—The Monkey tribe.—The Howler.—lloast monkey.—The Nondeserii)t,—Altered physi- ognomy.—Gold and silver mines.—Changes of governmenl.—Politics, •^iudia-rubbiir.—An ingenious deception. We were thirty doys in niaking Antigua, and thanked Providence for ordering us so long a passage. A tre- mendous gale of wind, approaching to a hurricane, had done niucli damage in the West Indies. Had our passage been of ordinary length, we should inevitably have been caught in the gale. St. John's is the capital of Antigua. In better times it may have had its gaieties and amusements. At present, it appears sad and woe-begone. The houses, which are chiefly of wood, seem as if they had not had a coat of paint for many years; the streets are uneven and ill- paved ; and as the stranger wanders through them, lie might fancy that they would afford a congenial promenade to the man who is about to take his last leave of surround- ing worldly misery, before he hangs himself. There had been no rain for some time, so that the parched and barren pasture near the town might, with great truth, be called amm. 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 : Macmill
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