Wanderings in South America , page 229 by Charles Waterton
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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.
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