. 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. WANDERINGS IN SOUTH AMERICA. 201 long before this, that cruelty, old age, and want, have worn her out, and that both poor Mary and her cat have ceased to be. Would you wish to pursue the different species of game, well stored and boundless is your range in Demerara. Here no one dogs you, and afterwards clandestinely inquires if you have
. 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. WANDERINGS IN SOUTH AMERICA. 201 long before this, that cruelty, old age, and want, have worn her out, and that both poor Mary and her cat have ceased to be. Would you wish to pursue the different species of game, well stored and boundless is your range in Demerara. Here no one dogs you, and afterwards clandestinely inquires if you have a hundred a year in land to entitle you to enjoy such patrician sport. Here no saucy intruder asks if you have taken out a licence, by virtue of which you are allowed to kill the birds which have bred upon your own property. Here ir "You are as free as when God first made man, Ere the vile laws of servitude be^ijan, ' And wild in woods the noble savage ; Before the morning's dawn you hear a noise in the forest, which sounds like " duraquaura " often repeated. This is the Partridge, a little smaller, and differing somewhat in colour from the English partridge ; it lives entirely in the forest, and probably the young brood very soon leave their parents, as you never flush more than two birds in the same place, and in general only one. / - About the same hour, and sometimes even at midnight, you hear two species of Maam, or Tinamou, send forth their long and plaintive whistle from the depth of the forest. The flesh of both is delicious. The largest is plumper, and almost equals in size the black cock of Northumberland. The quail is said to be here, though rare. The Hannaquoi, which some have compared to the pheasant, though with little reason, is very common. Here are also two species of the Powise, or Hocco, and two of the small wild turkeys called Maroudi; they feed on the ripe fruits of the forest, and are found in all directions M. i:i. Please note tha
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