. 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 . Zoology; Taxidermy. 384 EXPLANATOEY INDEX. imported from the Old World, It belongs to the great tribe of the Euphorbise or Spurges, of which our common milky- weed is a familiar example. From its seeds is obtained the Castor-oil of commerce. The best, called ' cold-drawn' oil, is procured by simple pressure, The plant is sometimes called Palma Christi, because its
. 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 . Zoology; Taxidermy. 384 EXPLANATOEY INDEX. imported from the Old World, It belongs to the great tribe of the Euphorbise or Spurges, of which our common milky- weed is a familiar example. From its seeds is obtained the Castor-oil of commerce. The best, called ' cold-drawn' oil, is procured by simple pressure, The plant is sometimes called Palma Christi, because its leaves look something like widely-spread fingers. The Romans gave it the name of Ricinus, because the seeds bear some resemblance in shape to sheep ticks or ' ricini.' They procured it originally from Egypt, where seeds may still be found in the tombs. Cayman {Alligator nigrer).—This is the animal which Waterton so brilliantly captured. There are many of the crocodiles and alligators in North and South America, and in habits they seem to be much alike. All have the peculiar way of attacking animals on land by knocking them into the water with a blow of the tail, and. carrying them off before they can recover from the effects of the blow. Sometimes they have been known to attack canoes in this manner. They all possess a most abominable musky smell, " floating," as Mr. 0. B. Brown says, " like a deadly miasma round our camp, and finding its way even to our ; Then, all of them are in the habit of emitting loud, bellowing noises, especially at night, so that they make themselves as objection- able to the ears as to the 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 ; New York : Macmillan
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