. 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. EXPLANATORY INDEX. 369 them being six feet long. How they are made and used is shown by Mr, C. B. Brown in his work on Guiana. " Our men frequently shot deep-bodied, silvery-scaled fish, called cartabac (Tetragonopterus latus), and another somewhat similar fish called paou {Myletes pacu). The male of the latter has a large deep body of a d
. 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. EXPLANATORY INDEX. 369 them being six feet long. How they are made and used is shown by Mr, C. B. Brown in his work on Guiana. " Our men frequently shot deep-bodied, silvery-scaled fish, called cartabac (Tetragonopterus latus), and another somewhat similar fish called paou {Myletes pacu). The male of the latter has a large deep body of a dull goldfish colour, while the female is of a dull bluish brown. Their flesh is firm, and of a peculiarly pleasant nutty flavour. They have even rows of teeth shaped like the incisors of mammals. These fish browse upon the aquatic plants in the swift running water, and are easily shot, when feeding near the surface, by those skilled in the use of the bow and arrow. " The bows that our men used for this purpose had been procured from the Indians of the interior. They were very long and straight, and made of hard red wood. The shafts. PlSH-ARROVr. of the Arrows were made of long straight reeds—the flower- stalks of the wild cane—tightly bound to a short piece of extremely tough wood inserted at one end, called a ' shimara- sherie ' or ' wire-cash.' The end of the latter fits into an iron arrow-head, to which it is attached by a piece of cord in such a way, that when the point pierces the fish the barbed head comes off the arrow end, but still remains attached to it by the cord. This allows the shaft freer play, so that during the struggles of the fish it is not broken. Sometimes a light cotton cord of about fifteen feet in length is made fast to the wire-cash, one end being attached to the left hand of the fisherman. When the fish is within a short distance of the man the latter lets fly the Arrow, and aiming a few inches B B. Please note that these images are extracted
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