...operations being retarded by the maddening pain from venomous insects, and especially from a species of fly, which in a moment raised swellings and blood-red lumps all over the hands and face. In continuing their search, the whole way was along giddy precipices seeming to hang halfway between...

...thunderstorms kept them awake at night. The torments from venomous insects were maddening ; one being a kind of fly which in a moment raised swellings and blood-red lumps over the hands and face, causing great pain and irritation. Mr. Markham himself often returned to their...

...with the most gorgeous plumage I ever beheld. They are the size of large pigeons, with orangescarlet feathers on the head, neck, breast, and tail, black...and roared past the tent noisily. The collection of chinchona plants was deposited in a shady place, near the tent, the roots being well covered over with...

...Ampdidse). Von TscUudi says that they feed on the seeds of chinchona trees. — TraveU in Pom, p. 427. wings, light-grey back, and scarlet crest. They have...and roared past the tent noisily. The collection of chinchona plants^was deposited in a shady place, near the tent, the roots being well covered over with...

...operations being retarded by the maddening pain from venomous insects, and especially from a species of fly, which in a moment raised swellings and blood-red lumps all over the hands and face. In continuing their search, the whole way was along giddy precipices seeming to hang halfway between...

...operations being retarded by the maddening pain from venomous insects, and especially from a species of fly, which in a moment raised swellings and blood-red lumps all over the hands and face. In continuing their search, the whole way was along giddy precipices seeming to hang halfway between...