arx
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much the fame-as -they bad begjgat <3ottrica; -viz. m pm*
m fk e^ t ^ f r o w ; t h e : fenemT - ^ h e parole-or watchi
word Was reg u la rljfen t me by Colonel; Fourgeoud. .One
9ld .4e e ^ d flav^caled
IWias, .belonging to this his.brother. 'He
M M treated hini
t^ fc e fle ©f their m m ih g was< d f
m ^ Y m ^ m r n s i m
^on, I had an opportunity of^bferving feveral curious
birds, which -I ihall now em b r a c e ,^ opportunity to
<iefciibe., j| - J
- T h e fo called on account of its. dote, is
^ ^ % e o f a thm fh )-andrflf a brown colour,texcept
Ihe breaft and hellyy which are of .a beautiful yellow • it
is yery -m ifc h ^ v ^ . and, an upon § 1
plantations. The wild pigeons are alfe„common here;
I fhot one that was very^fgey and'refembling what is
called the ring-tail pigeon of Jamaica. Its back and fides:
were of an aih colour; the tail a lead colour; the belly
white; the neckrefle^ing a changeablegredn addptirple;
the ins and feef o f this pigeon were,red. . T haifelaHT
feen the -dwarf pigeons here walking in pairs'. They ?
are about the fizemf an Englifh fparrow, and rather of
a lighter,colour. I take thefe to. be the tkm.nma'ot
Marcgrave. The eyes were bright, with a yellow iris,
and upon the whole thefe diminutive creatures are very
pretty. They are called Jlecn-dy$fie by the Dutch, becaufe
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caufe they arc .frequently found amongft Hopes and CHAP,
gravel. * Turtles are alfo found in Guiana, b a t feldom . XIL ,
near the plantations, as they delight.chiefly in the deepeft
receffes of the forefh They build their nefts in trees of
th e thickefti..foliage, .where I have found them, and
even ftrobed them with my hand, without their attempting
to fly j*w>y. They are little different from thofe in
Europe in point of colour, hut rather fefs, and their
Wings, of a . more confiderable length than thofe of any
other dove or pigeon whatever.
, : I became daily more charmed with my filiation; I was
at liberty to breathe freely, and my profpe<flSs of future
contentment .promifed amply to eompenfate for my pall
hardfhips and mortifications* Refpe&ed as the. prince
of the river ; carefied by the neighbouring planter?, who
plentifully fupplied me withprefents of game, filh, fruit,
and vegetables, I was fearcely the fame man, and had
very few willies unfatisfied.
One day (the 5th of March) during my refidence here,
I was furprifed by the waving of a white handkerchief
from a tent-boat that was rowing up the river; when, to
augment my happinefs, it unexpectedly proved to be
my Mulatto, accompanied by her aunt, who now preferred
Fauconberg efiate, four miles above the Hope, to
refiding in the town ; and to this plantation I immediately
accompanied them.
* Dr. Bancroft erroneoufly calls this bird the only dove m Guiana.
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