. Wanderings in South America, the North-west of the United States, and the Antilles, in the years 1812, 1816, 1820, & 1824. With original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, etc., for cabinets of natural history. Taxidermy; Zoology. 450 EXPLANATORY INDEX. was full of wild legends relating to the locality, and would insist on telling them. " He turned out to be a famed sorcerer, or Piaiman; and at a village called Itabay, where we stopped one night in return- ing, he left the house in which we had put up our hammocks, telling the interpreter to inform me that his absen
. Wanderings in South America, the North-west of the United States, and the Antilles, in the years 1812, 1816, 1820, & 1824. With original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, etc., for cabinets of natural history. Taxidermy; Zoology. 450 EXPLANATORY INDEX. was full of wild legends relating to the locality, and would insist on telling them. " He turned out to be a famed sorcerer, or Piaiman; and at a village called Itabay, where we stopped one night in return- ing, he left the house in which we had put up our hammocks, telling the interpreter to inform me that his absence for the night was unavoidable, owing to his having to go up amongst the mountains to roam about for the night, whilst his good. PEE-AT-MAN. spirit remained in one of the houses to cure a sick man, who had demanded his good offices. " In two minutes after he had left us his powerful voice was heard making the most discordant sounds imaginable, chanting, howling, coughing, and many other diabolical noises, to these were added the shishing sound of an instrument called a shak- shak, made of a small round calabash filled with seeds, and placed on a handle, by which it is 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; Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889, ed. London, Macmillan
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