. Our search for a wilderness; an account of two ornithological expeditions to Venezuela and to British Guiana. Natural history; Birds. 222 OUR SEARCH FOR A WILDERNESS. All this and much else we passed in an hour, and at five â o'clock entcrcfl a third stream â the Barrabarra. The whole country hereabouts is swampy, so when at dark we stopped for our evening meal we did not land but rested quietly among the lily pads. The Indians ate, as they did every-. FiG. 92. Manatee browsing close to the Bank. thing else, silendy, with only now and then some low gut- tural ejaculation. We flashed our powe
. Our search for a wilderness; an account of two ornithological expeditions to Venezuela and to British Guiana. Natural history; Birds. 222 OUR SEARCH FOR A WILDERNESS. All this and much else we passed in an hour, and at five â o'clock entcrcfl a third stream â the Barrabarra. The whole country hereabouts is swampy, so when at dark we stopped for our evening meal we did not land but rested quietly among the lily pads. The Indians ate, as they did every-. FiG. 92. Manatee browsing close to the Bank. thing else, silendy, with only now and then some low gut- tural ejaculation. We flashed our powerful electric light upon the lilv pads and found that the water was full of active life. Scores of little fishes were resting motionless in the thin film of water covering the lily leaves, some with the basal half of the body and two lines up and down from the eyes, black. INIarciano. 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 Beebe, Mary; Beebe, William, 1877-1962, joint author. London, Constable
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