. 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. EXPLANATORY INDEX. 417 Perhaps this may be a cruel way of killing the Guana, but, like nearly all reptiles, it is little sensitive to pain, and wonderfully tenacious of life, and, as it must be destroyed for food, perhaps the pointed stick is the quickest mode of killing it. Not that the natives trouble themselves about the in- fliction of pain
. 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. EXPLANATORY INDEX. 417 Perhaps this may be a cruel way of killing the Guana, but, like nearly all reptiles, it is little sensitive to pain, and wonderfully tenacious of life, and, as it must be destroyed for food, perhaps the pointed stick is the quickest mode of killing it. Not that the natives trouble themselves about the in- fliction of pain, for, besides the mode of securing the Guana as above mentioned, they sew its lips together, in order to prevent it from biting, and keep it without food until they want it. Here, again, they are not more cruel than our rat- catchers, who used to sew together the lips of their ferrets, or our fishermen, who used to disable their lobsters by " pegging'' their claws as soon as caught. GuAVA {Psidivm, pomi/erum).—The tree which bears tins well-known fruit, is quite a little one, scarcely larger than a. privet bush, and the fruit is small, round and green. It can be eaten without any preparation, but is mostly made into E E. 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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