. 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 &c. for cabinets of natural history. Voyages and travels; Zoology; Voyages; Zoologie. AMRRIOA. 8 tofulloffgrmlually tcly towers of sonio safls alwvo the sur- situation and their holder with an idea I will never forgot. I nothing like them. 1, the summit of the h bushes. ITie one ndians have it frfcm I abode of an evil below with a reve- frotit tLese stupen- leave the Essequibo, a-poura,
. 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 &c. for cabinets of natural history. Voyages and travels; Zoology; Voyages; Zoologie. AMRRIOA. 8 tofulloffgrmlually tcly towers of sonio safls alwvo the sur- situation and their holder with an idea I will never forgot. I nothing like them. 1, the summit of the h bushes. ITie one ndians have it frfcm I abode of an evil below with a reve- frotit tLese stupen- leave the Essequibo, a-poura, which falls ira-poura is nearly at Stabroelc For i^ol ground, richly Siparouni to the me to a little hill. 3re of ground on it, it be not intended ihe next white man wilds will find an u get to a rising •e stands a single forest there are a some round, with 7 plentiful: it is .. FinST JODRNET. 29 pbrliiips the fntlcst and most delicious fish in (Juiaua. It does not take the hook, but the Indians decoy it to the surface of the water by means of the seeds of the crabwood tree, and then shoot it with an arrow. You are now within the borders of MacouHliia, in- habited by tt different tribe of people, called ;""' Macoushi Indians j uncommonly dexterous in the use of the blow-pipe, and famous for their skiU in preparing the deadly vegetable poison, commonly called Wourali. It is from this country that those beautiful paroquets, named Kessi-kessi, are procured. Here the crystal mountains are found; and hero the throe diiferent species of the ara are seen in great abundance. Here, too, grows the tree from which the gum elastic is got: it is large, and as tall as any in the forest. The wood has much the appearance of sycamore. The gum is contained in the bark; when that is cut through, it oozes out very freely: it is quite white, and looks as rich as cream: it hardens almost immediately as it issues from the tree ; so that it is very easy to collect a baU, by f
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