Wanderings in South America: The North-west of the United States, and the Antilles, in the Years 1812, 1816, & 1824B. Fellowes, 1828 - 341페이지 |
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... killed a goat the day before ; he had been driven away in the act of sucking the blood , and not finding it safe or prudent to return , the goat remained in the same place where he had killed it ; it had begun to putrefy , and the ...
... killed a goat the day before ; he had been driven away in the act of sucking the blood , and not finding it safe or prudent to return , the goat remained in the same place where he had killed it ; it had begun to putrefy , and the ...
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... killed from thirty to forty feet long ; though not venomous , his size renders him destructive to the passing animals . The Spaniards in the Oroonoque positively affirm that he grows to the length of seventy or eighty feet , and that he ...
... killed from thirty to forty feet long ; though not venomous , his size renders him destructive to the passing animals . The Spaniards in the Oroonoque positively affirm that he grows to the length of seventy or eighty feet , and that he ...
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... killed a pair of doves in order to enable thee to give mankind a true and proper description of them , thou must not destroy a third through wanton- ness , or to show what a good marksman thou art ; that would only blot the picture thou ...
... killed a pair of doves in order to enable thee to give mankind a true and proper description of them , thou must not destroy a third through wanton- ness , or to show what a good marksman thou art ; that would only blot the picture thou ...
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... killed a number of wild hogs with it , and two tapirs . Appearances seemed to confirm what he said ; for on one side it had been nearly taken out to the bottom , at different times , which pro- bably would not have been the case had the ...
... killed a number of wild hogs with it , and two tapirs . Appearances seemed to confirm what he said ; for on one side it had been nearly taken out to the bottom , at different times , which pro- bably would not have been the case had the ...
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... killed , the second dashed in pieces . The Indians have a path along - side of it , through the forest , where prodigious crabwood trees grow . Up this path they drag their canoes , and launch them into the river above ; and on their ...
... killed , the second dashed in pieces . The Indians have a path along - side of it , through the forest , where prodigious crabwood trees grow . Up this path they drag their canoes , and launch them into the river above ; and on their ...
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amongst animal ant-bear appearance beasts beautiful betwixt bird blood blow-pipe blue body branch Brazil called canoe cassava cassique Cayenne cayman CHARLES WATERTON close colour cotton creek Daddy Quashi Demerara dissect Edmonstone Essequibo fall fallen feathers feet flesh forest FOURTH JOURNEY gentle reader ground Guiana hammock hand haunts head hills hour houtou humming-bird inches Indian insects island Jabiru jacamar jaguar killed leave legs look Macoushi mandible monkey morning naturalist nature negro nest never night once pain passed Pernambuco plumage poisoned arrow Portuguese PRESERVING quadrupeds rest river rocks savannas scarlet SECOND JOURNEY seems seen side skin sloth snake Society of Jesus soon species specimen Stabroek stick stranger tail thee thing THIRD JOURNEY thou Tinamou toucan traveller trees vampire vulture walk wallaba wanders wilds wings wish wood wound wourali poison yards
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180 페이지 - The various terrors of that horrid shore; Those blazing suns that dart a downward ray, And fiercely shed intolerable day; Those matted woods where birds forget to sing. But silent bats in drowsy clusters cling...
265 페이지 - Her bloom was like the springing flower, That sips the silver dew; The rose was budded in her cheek, Just opening to the view. But love had, like the canker-worm, Consumed her early prime; The rose grew pale, and left her cheek — She died before her time. Awake!
145 페이지 - Suppose yourself in hopeless sorrow, begin with a high loud note, and pronounce, ' ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,' each note lower and lower, till the last is scarcely heard, pausing a moment or two betwixt every note, and you will have some idea of the moaning of the largest goat-sucker in Demerara.
27 페이지 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.
166 페이지 - ... examine his haunts and see whether nature has committed any blunder in the formation of this extraordinary creature, which appears to us so forlorn and miserable, so ill put together, and so totally unfit to enjoy the blessings which have been so bountifully given to the rest of animated nature; for, as it has formerly been remarked, he has no soles to his feet, and he is evidently ill at ease when he tries to move on the ground, and it is then that he looks up in your face with a countenance...
214 페이지 - One negro supported the belly, and the other the tail. In this order we began to move slowly towards home, and reached it after resting ten times ; for the snake was too heavy for us to support him without stopping to recruit our strength. As we proceeded onwards with him, he fought hard for freedom; but it was all in vain.
263 페이지 - The gloomy pine, the poplar blue, The yellow beech, the sable yew, The slender fir, that taper grows, The sturdy oak with broad-spread boughs.
64 페이지 - Wourali poison instantaneously mixes with blood or water, so that if you wet your finger, and dash it along the poisoned arrow in the quickest manner possible, you are sure to carry off some of the poison. ' Though three minutes generally elapse before the convulsions come on in the wounded bird, still a stupor evidently takes place sooner, and this stupor manifests itself by an apparent unwillingness in the bird to move. This was very visible in a dying fowl.'— (pp.
170 페이지 - When asleep, he supports himself from a branch parallel to the earth. He first seizes the branch with one arm, and then with the other; and after that, brings up both his legs, one by one, to the same branch; so that all four are in a line: he seems perfectly at rest in this position.
121 페이지 - His note is loud and clear, like the sound of a bell, and may be heard at the distance of three miles. In the midst of these extensive wilds, generally on the dried top of an aged mora, almost out of gun-reach, you will see the campanero.