. An encyclopædia of agriculture [electronic resource] : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture, including all the latest improvements, a general history of agriculture in all countries, and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress in the British Isles. Agriculture. 174 and also with tigers, wild boars, buffaloes, and cavies ; while the true Amazonian parrot, with a green plumage and p
. An encyclopædia of agriculture [electronic resource] : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture, including all the latest improvements, a general history of agriculture in all countries, and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress in the British Isles. Agriculture. 174 and also with tigers, wild boars, buffaloes, and cavies ; while the true Amazonian parrot, with a green plumage and pale yellow front (Jig. 174.), is found in vast flocks, and annually exported to all parts of Europe. The rivers and lakes afford an ample supply of fish, manattas, and mud- tortoises ; but the alligators and water serpents render fishing a dangerous employment. The trees, fields, and plants are verdant throughout the year. 1245. Patagonia consists mostly of open deserts and savannas, with a few willows on the rivers. It seems to enjoy a tem- perate but rather cool climate ; but, separated in the middle by the vast mountains of the Andes, one part of it differs widely from the other. Northward of La Plata, this part of South America is covered with wood, and stored with an inexhaustible fund of large timber: but, southward of that river, there is scarcely a tree or shrub fit for any mechanical purpose; yet even this seemingly barren country has some good pastures. There are numerous droves of wild horned cattle, and abun- dance of horses, both originally introduced by the Spaniards. 1246. Of the South American islands, that of Juan Fernandes abounds in pasture, cattle, and woods ; and Terra del Fuego, amidst its horrible snows, exhibits a variety of plants. The Falkland Islands contain number of fowls and plants, somewhat resembling those of Canada. Georgia is a field of ice, in which, or in any of the other islands, there is no cultivation Please note that these ima
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