Wanderings in South America, the North-west of the United States, and the Antilles, in the Years 1812, 1816, 1820 and 1824Unit Library, Limited, 1903 - 259페이지 |
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American amongst animal ant-bear appear bank beasts beautiful betwixt bird blood blow-pipe body branch called campanero canoe cassava cassique Cayenne cayman CHARLES WATERTON colour common Cotinga cotton creek death Demerara Dutch Guiana Edmonstone Essequibo fall fallen feathers feet long flesh forest gentle goatsucker ground Guiana hammock hand head hills hour houtou hundred inches Indians insects Jabiru jacamar journey killed leaves look Macoushi minutes monkey mora morning natural history naturalist negro nest never night Ovid passing Pernambuco poisoned arrow Portuguese probably quadrupeds quest reader river rock Saba savannas scarlet seems seen side skin sloth snake Society of Jesus soon species specimen Stabroek stranger tail tapir thee thou hast tiger Tinamou toucan traveller trees tropical vampire vultures walk wallaba Wanderings Waterton Whip-poor-Will wild hogs wilds wings wood wounded wourali poison yards
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127 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...
188 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!
19 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.
xvi 페이지 - How astonishing are the freaks and fancies of nature ! To what purpose, we say, is a bird placed in the woods of Cayenne with a bill a yard long, making a noise like a...
186 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.
xiii 페이지 - The first thing which strikes us in this extraordinary chronicle, is the genuine zeal and inexhaustible delight with which all the barbarous countries he visits are described. He seems to love the forests, the tigers, and the apes ; — to be rejoiced that he is the only man there ; that he has left his species far away ; and is at last in the midst of his blessed baboons...
85 페이지 - You hear his toll, and then a pause for a minute, then another toll, and then a pause again, and then a toll, and again a pause. Then he is silent for six or eight minutes, and then another toll, and so on.
149 페이지 - I now ranged the negroes behind me, and told him who stood next to me to lay hold of the lance the moment I struck the snake, and that the other must attend my movements. It now only remained to take their cutlasses from them ; for I was sure, if I did not disarm them, they would be tempted to strike the snake in time of danger, rad thus for ever spoil his skin.
171 페이지 - By the time the Cayman was within two yards of me, I saw he was in a state of fear and perturbation; I instantly dropped the mast, sprung up, and jumped on his back, turning half round as I vaulted, so that I gained my seat with my face in a right position. I immediately seized his fore legs, and, by main force, twisted them on his back; thus they served me for a bridle.
43 페이지 - The 140 other end is burnt, to make it still harder, and wild cotton is put round it for about an inch and a half. It requires considerable practice to put on this cotton well. It must just be large enough to fit the hollow of the tube, and taper off to nothing downwards.