. Errances en Amérique du Sud, le nord-ouest des États-Unis et des Antilles dans les années 1812, 1816, 1820 &AMP ; 1824 [microforme] : avec des instructions d'origine pour la parfaite conservation des oiseaux, etc. pour les armoires de l'histoire naturelle. Zoologie Zoologie ;. son exposé des motifs naturels INDEX. 359 fois, il s'introduire dans un tunnel avec environ 80 mètres de longueur, et de laisser dans un torrent d'eau, qui a enfoncé la machinerie, et lavé tous les prend en charge, de sorte que la mine a dû être creusé de nouveau. De plus, le fief de l'Coushies ont dû être découvertes et détruites, une longue et coûteuse

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. Wanderings in South America, the north-west of the United States and the Antilles in the years 1812, 1816, 1820 & 1824 [microform] : with original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, etc. for cabinets of natural history. Zoology; Zoologie. its natural EXPLANATORY INDEX. 359 time, breaking into it with a tunnel some eighty yards in length, and letting in a torrent of water, which broke down the machinery, and washed away all the supports, so that the mine had to be dug afresh. Moreover, the stronghold of the Coushies had to be dis- covered and destroyed, a long and costly task, only to be undertaken by men who make it their special business.. cousin E AKT When a tunnel has been traced to the nest, a large dome is built over it, filled with wood and sulphur, and closed except a few openings for the admission of air. The wood is then lighted, bellows are inserted into the holes, and negro slaves work the bellows day and night until all the fuel is exhausted. Perhaps there may be a dozen burrows radiating from the nest. These are discovered by the smoke rising from their entrances, which are stopped up and marked. When the fire has ceased, the holes for the bellows are stopped, and the nest is left for several days, so that not one Ant is left in it alive. Then the tunnels are laid open from beginning to end, and filled up with clay rammed into them. The tropical sun soon bakes the clay as hard as brick, and not until then is the locality considered as safe. Mr. C. B. Brown met with rather a ludicrous incident in which the Coushies were caught in their own trap:— " I had a small tin can, shaped like a sandwich box, with a layer of cork in the bottom, in which I pinned any curious insects met with. One night our camp was not far from the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the or

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