This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1828 edition. Excerpt: ...hottest part of the day. i a few small birds; and he is decidedly the best shot I ever'saw. I have never seen him miss a single bird, although he has brought down at least two hundred in my presence. These little excursions over, he would very rarely indulge himself with a cigar, but this is a practice in ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1828 edition. Excerpt: ...hottest part of the day. i a few small birds; and he is decidedly the best shot I ever'saw. I have never seen him miss a single bird, although he has brought down at least two hundred in my presence. These little excursions over, he would very rarely indulge himself with a cigar, but this is a practice in which he seldom indulges, nor is he prone to drinking to an excess. His habits in this respect are usually of an abstemious nature, owing, as is generally believed, to the alarming effect which excitement of such a nature has upon him. He has been upon some occasions delirious for days, and his faculties suffer severely after similar acts of indiscretion. Our progress during the first four days was unvaried by any kind of incident or accident; and as the President was nearly all the time either asleep, or deeply involved in his reflections, from which neither of our companions cared to arouse him, our time was passed in as dull a manner as could be imagined. The scenery on either side of the Oronoco during this part of our journey was not calculated to afford pleasure, as it was nearly a level, unornamented with anything to attract the eye. There were hundreds of my old acquaintances the alligators, who were usually to be seen lying on the top of the water with their mouths open, ever and anon closing them with a horrible crash upon some luckless fish, which the force of the current had conveyed into them. In the course of the voyage I had an opportunity of ascertaining a fact concerning these creatures, which I do not recollect to have observed in the natural history of them. The Indians told me that, previously to their going in search of prey, they always swallow a stone, that, by the additional weight of it, they may be enabled to dive with...
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