Wanderings in South America, the North-West of the United States and the Antilles, in the Years 1812, 1816, 1820, & 1824. With original instructions for the perfect preservation of Birds, etc. for Cabinets of Natural History. ...

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Edited, with Biographical Introcution and Explanatory Index, by J.G. Wood. London: Macmillan, 1879. Royal 8vo. Orig. illust. cloth. Gilt. Top edge gilt. (xvi, 520pp.). With 100 text-illusts. Lightly foxed, otherwise a fine and complete copy. NOTE: Waterton's account of his four journeys, largely through the wilds of Demerara, Brazil, and Guyana, provides varied and valuable descriptions of tropical birds, animals, and Indian tribes.