. Crusoe's Island; a bird-hunter's story . trees was a turf of finest grass, in-terspersed with the waving plumes of a taller variety,the light and vivid green of which contrasted bright-ly with the somberness of the circumjacent heart went out to that spot at once, and as Iclimbed the hill I determined that this should be thesite of my summer residence; for during the heatof the approaching rainy season the seaside hut wouldbe intolerable, lying so low and near the heatedsands. Arrived at the palm-crowned summit, I gazedupon the scene spread around me with great delight,for it inclu
. Crusoe's Island; a bird-hunter's story . trees was a turf of finest grass, in-terspersed with the waving plumes of a taller variety,the light and vivid green of which contrasted bright-ly with the somberness of the circumjacent heart went out to that spot at once, and as Iclimbed the hill I determined that this should be thesite of my summer residence; for during the heatof the approaching rainy season the seaside hut wouldbe intolerable, lying so low and near the heatedsands. Arrived at the palm-crowned summit, I gazedupon the scene spread around me with great delight,for it included a goodly portion of the north end of 42 CRUSOES ISLAND. the island. I could see the outlying islets ind thefoam-necked promontories that guarded my seasidehome, as well as vast areas of forest, covering swell-ing hills and deepening valleys. Among the palm trunks there was space sufficientfor the erection of a small house, and I then andthere marked out the plan of it. Then, refreshingmyself with the glorious view again, and inhaling. The Tobago Trogon. deep draughts of the sweet, pure air, I descended tothe stream. Like Crusoe, after he had made hisfamous excursion to the other side of his island, Ifound that side of the Island where I now was muchpleasanter than mine; the open or savanna Fieldssweet and adorned with Flowers and Grass, and fullof very fine Woods. I saw abundance of Parrots, JACAMARS, PARROTS, AND TROGONS. 43 and fain would have caught one, if possible, to havekept it to be tame and taught it to speak to me. Halfway down the slope I heard voices in the air,apparently over the forest, but approaching the right, quite right, screamed a shrill voice,to which another responded, Right, quite around, I saw a pair of parrots swiftly flyingtoward me, quite high in the air. As they got aboutoverhead I aimed my gun well ahead of them andfired. One of them screamed, faltered in its flight a bit,then whirled over and over toward the forest bene
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