Wanderings in South America, the North-West of the United States, and the Antilles, in the years 1812, 1816, 1820, and 1824. With original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, &c. for cabinets of natural history / By Charles Waterton.

  • Waterton, Charles, 1782-1865.
Date:
1825
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Wanderings in South America, the North-West of the United States, and the Antilles, in the years 1812, 1816, 1820, and 1824. With original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, &c. for cabinets of natural history / By Charles Waterton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Second Journey. one of them abandoned his charge. They had done their duty, and had nothing to fear. They boAved AAdth resig- nation to the AAnll of heaven. As^ soon as they had all reached the refectory, they Avere there locked up, and never more did they see their rooms, their friends, their scholars, or acquaintance. In the dead of the folloAAung night, a strong guard of soldiers literally drove them through the streets to the Avater’s edge. They Avere then conve^^ed in boats aboard a ship, and steered for Bahia. Those AAdio survived the barbarous treatment they expe- rienced from Pombars creatures, Avere at last ordered to Lisbon. The college of Pernambuco Avas plundered, and some time after an elephant Avas kept there. Thus the arbitrary hand of poAver, in one night, smote and SAvept aAvay the sciences; to Avhich succeeded the loAv vulgar bulfoonery of a shoAAunan. Virgil and Cicero made Avay for a Avild beast from Angola ! and noAv a guard is on duty at the very gate AAdiere, in times long past, the poor Avere daily fed !!! Trust not, kind reader, to the envious remarks Avhich their enemies have scattered hir and near ; believe not the stories of those avIio have had a hand in the sad tragedy. Go to Brazil, and see Avith thine oaaui eyes the effect of Pombal’s short-sighted policy. There vice reigns tri- umphant, and learning is at its loAvest ebb. Neither is this to be Avondered at. Destroy the compass, and Avill the vessel find her far distant port t Will the flock keep