Wanderings in South America, the north-west of the United States and the Antilles, 1812, 1816, 1820 and 1824, with instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, etc., for cabinets of natural history / by Charles Waterton, Esq.

  • Waterton, Charles, 1782-1865.
Date:
1825
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Credit: Wanderings in South America, the north-west of the United States and the Antilles, 1812, 1816, 1820 and 1824, with instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, etc., for cabinets of natural history / by Charles Waterton, Esq. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    pened to be in his way, he stepped in, and asked for something to eat, and then months elapsed ere they saw him again. They did not know what had caused him to be thus unsettled; he had been so for years ; nor did they believe that even old age itself, would change the habits of this poor, harmless, solitary wanderer. From Simon’s, the traveller may reach the large fall, with ease, in four days. The first falls that he meets are merely rapids, scarce a stone appearing above the water in the rainy sea- son ; and those in the bed of the river, barely high enough to arrest the water’s course, and by causing a bubbling show that they are there. With this small change of appearance in the stream, the stranger observes nothing new, till he comes within eight or ten miles of the great fall. Each side of the river presents an uninterrupted range of wood, just as it did below. All the productions found betwixt the plantations and the rock Saba, are to be met with here. From Simon’s to the great fall, there are five habita- tions of the Indians. Two of them close to the river’s side ; the other three a little way in the forest. These habitations consist of from four to eight huts, situated on about an acre of ground, which they have cleared from the surrounding woods. A few pappaw, cotton, and mountain cabbage-trees, are scattered round them. At one of these habitations, a small quantity of the D 2 First Journey. Indian habi- tations.