Wanderings in South America

by Charles Waterton

Adieu,

CHARLES WATERTON.

FINIS

[GLOSSARY]

Acaiari, the resinous gum of
the hiawa-tree.
Acouri, one of the agutis;
a rodent about the size of a rabbit.
Acuero, a species of palm.
Æta, a palm of great size;
it may reach a hundred feet
before the leaves begin.
Ai, the three-toed sloth.
Albicore, a fish closely related to
the tunny.
Anhinga, the darter or snake-bird;
a cormorant-like bird.
Ant-bear, now called the ant-eater.
Ara, a macaw.
Ara, Scarlet, the scarlet macaw.
Bisa, one of the Saki monkeys.
Cabbage Mountain, one of the most
beautiful of the palm-trees.
Camoudi, the anaconda.Campanero, the bell-bird.Caprimulgus, one of the goat-suckers.Cassique, a bird of the hang-nest
family.Cayman, an alligator, as here used.Cotingas, chatterers.Couguar, the puma.Coulacanara, the boa-constrictor.Courada, the white mangrove tree.Crabier, the boat-bill--a small heron.Crickets, cicadas.Cuia, one of the Trojans.Curlew, Scarlet, the scarlet ibis.
Dolphin, a coryphene--a true fish--not
a cetacean.
Guana, the iguana lizard.
Hannaquoi, one of the curassows.Houtou, one of the motmots.Humming-bird Ara or Karabimiti,
the crimson topaz.
Jacamar, Jacana, as anglicized--the
spur-winged waterhen.
Labba, a rodent allied to the
cavies.
Naudapoa, an ibis.
Patasa, unidentified.Phaeton, the tropic bird.Pi-pi-yo, unidentified.Porcupine, the tree-porcupine.
Quake, a basket of open-work, very
elastic and expansive.
Redstart, quite distinct from the
English redstart.
Sacawinki, one of the squirrel
monkeys.Sangre-do-buey, the scarlet tanager.
Tangara, now called tanager. See
Sangre-do-buey.
Waracaba, the trumpeter.Whip-poor-will, one of the goat-suckers.Who-are-you? one of the goat-suckers.Willy-come-go, one of the goat-suckers.Work-away, one of the goat-suckers.
Yawaraciri, one of the blue
creepers.

[INDEX]

ACAIARI
Ai, see Sloths
Alligators
American cities,
classical names of
American ladies,
praise of;
their attire
American manners
Ant-bears
Ant-eating birds
Antigua
Ants;
an ingredient of wourali poison;
nests of
Apoura-poura, River
Ara (macaw)
Armadillo
Arrowroot,
wild
Arrows, Indian
Arthur, King
Asses,
effect of wourali poison on
Aura vulture
Banks, Sir Joseph
Barbadoes
Basseterre
Bête-rouge
Birds, Demeraran;
Brazilian,
Bitterns
Blow-pipe, Indian
Boa-constrictor
Boclora
Bois immortel
Bow, Indian
Broadway
Bucaniers
Buffalo
Bug,
encounter with a
Buonaparte, Prince Charles
Bush-master
Bush-rope
Camoudi snake
Campanero
Canadians characterised
Caprimulgus,
see Goat-suckers
Caps,
a diatribe against
Cassava
Cassique
Castries
Cayenne
Cayman;
expedition in search of;
fishing for;
ridden by author
Chegoe
Clove-trees
Cock-of-the-rock
Constable rock
Coral snake
Cotingas
Couguar
Coulacanara snake,
capture of a
Counacouchi,
see Bush-master
Coushie-ant
Cuia
Curlew, scarlet
Custom House difficulties
Demerara,
falls of the River
potentialities of the
colony
Deserted Village, Goldsmith's,
quoted
Dog,
effect of wourali poison on a;
probably not native to Guiana
Dolphin
Dominica
Eagle,
white-headed
Edmonstone, Charles
Edmonstone, Robert
Egret
Erie Canal;
Lake
Essequibo river;
falls of the;
scenery
Europe,
future American independence of
Fever,
treatment of
Fig-tree,
wild
Fire-fly
Fish, Demeraran
Fishing, Indian method of,
Flying-fish,
Forest-trees, Demeraran;
destruction of North American,
Fort St. Joachim,
Fowl,
effect of wourali poison on a,
Frigate pelican,
Goat-suckers;
superstitious fear of,
Grand gobe-mouche,
Gross-beak,
Guadalope,
Guiana,
future of;
bird's-eye view of,
Hannaquoi,
Hermit,
a white,
Hia-hia,
History of Brazil, Southey's,
Horned screamer,
Houtou,
Howling monkey,
see Monkeys
Hudson,
journey up the,
Hugues, Victor,
Humming-birds,
Ibibirou,
Impostor,
an Indian,
Indians;
mode of life;
religion,
See also Macoushi Indians
India-rubber,
Inn-album,
inscription in an,
Insects, Demeraran,
Irish emigrants,
Jabiru,
Jacamar,
Jaguar,
Jay, Guianan,
Jesuits,
expulsion of the,
Kearney, Dennis,
Kessi-kessi paroquet,
Kingfishers,
King of the vultures,
Labarri snake,
La Gabrielle,
national plantation at,
Land-tortoise,
Lizards,
Maam,
see Tinamou
Macoushi Indians;
their methods of hunting;
trick played by one on the author,
Manikins,
Maroudis,
Martin, M.,
Martinico,
Metallic-cuckoo,
Mibiri Creek,
Mines in Guiana,
Monkeys;
red, or howling;
a specimen with Grecian features,
Monteiro,
Montreal,
Mora-tree,
Museum at Philadelphia,
New Amsterdam,
New York,
Niagara,
Falls of,
Nobrega, Father,
Olinda;
botanic garden at,
Ornithology of the United States,
Wilson's,
Otters,
Owl,
a crab-eating,
Ox,
effect of wourali poison on an,
Pacou,
Paramaribo,
Parasitic plants,
Parima, Lake,
Park, Mungo,
Parrots,
Partridge,
Peccari,
Pelican,
Percy, Earl,
Pernambuco;
environs,
Petrel,
stormy,
Philadelphia,
Phaeton,
Pi-pi-yo,
Pombal,
Preservation of colours of toucan's bill;
of quadrupeds;
of zoological specimens generally;
of birds,
Purple-heart,
Quadrupeds,
forest,
Quashi, Daddy,
Quebec,
Quiver, Indian,
Rattlesnake,
Red-headed finch,
Red monkey,
_see_ Monkeys
Redstart,
Rhinoceros-beetle,
Rice-bird,
Roseau,
Rubber-tree,
Saba,
St. John's,
St. Lucie,
St. Pierre,
Saintes, the,
Sangre-de-buey,
Saratoga,
Savanna, a Demerara,
Slavery in Demerara;
in West Indies,
Slaves,
encounter with runaway,
Sloths;
three-toed, or ai;
two-toed,
Smoking,
Snakes;
hunting,
Spice plantations,
Spikes, poisoned,
Stabroek,
Southey, Robert,
Sun-bird,
Superstition,
reflections on,
Surinam,
Tangaras,
Tapir,
Tarbet, misadventures of Mr.,
Tauronina,
Taxidermy,
see Preservation
Ticks,
Ticonderoga,
Tiger,
_see_ Jaguar
Tiger-bird,
small,
Tinamou,
Toucans,
Travellers,
advice to,
Travellers' tales,
Troupiales,
Troy,
Trumpeters,
Turtle,
United States,
progress of the,
Utica,
Vampires,
Vanilla,
Vultures,
Wallaba-tree,
Wasps,
Water-hens,
Water-mamma,
Weapons, Indian,
Whip-poor-will,
see Goat-suckers
Whipsnake,
Wild boars,
hunting,
Wild man of the woods, a,
Wilson, Alexander,
Woodpeckers,
Wound,
treatment of a,
Wourali poison;
its effects;
ingredients;
preparation;
method of using:
antidotes;
experiments in England,
Yabahou,
the evil spirit,
Yawaraciri,