WANDERINGS IN SOUTH AMERICA, THE NORTHWEST OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE ANTILLES, IN THE YEARS 1812, 1816, 1820, & 1824, WITH ORIGINAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PERFECT PRESERVATION OF BIRDS, &C. FOR CABINETS OF NATURAL HISTORY.

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WATERTON, CHARLES. WANDERINGS IN SOUTH AMERICA, THE NORTHWEST OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE ANTILLES, IN THE YEARS 1812, 1816, 1820, & 1824, WITH ORIGINAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PERFECT PRESERVATION OF BIRDS, &C. FOR CABINETS OF NATURAL HISTORY.
London: B. Fellowes, 1828. Second edition. xii, 341 pp. Frontis. Boards and cloth. 8vo. Edges worn, lacking paper spine label, else near fine and bright. Waterton, a British naturalist, recounts his experiences in the Guianas in search of the Wourali poison used by the Indians for poison arrows. His second and third journeys were to Brazil, and Guiana again, studying birds and other creatures, with much information on local settlements. His fourth journey was to New York state, Buffalo, eastern Canada and back to New York and Philadelphia, then on to the West Indies. NAYLOR 95. SABIN 102094. HOWES W 158. HILL, p. 319.

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