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About the same hour, and sometimes even at 

 midnight, you hear two species of Maam, or Tin- 

 amou, send forth their long and plaintive whistle 

 from the depth of the forest. The flesh of both is 

 delicious. The largest is plumper, and almost 

 equals in size the black cock of Northumberland. 

 The quail is said to be here, though rare. 



The Hannaquoi, which some have compared to 

 the pheasant, though with little reason, is very- 

 common. 



Here are also two species of the Powise, or 

 Hocco, and two of the small wild turkeys called 

 Maroudi; they feed on the ripe fruits of the for- 

 est, and are found in all directions in these exten- 

 sive wilds. You will admire the Horned Screamer 

 as a stately and majestic bird: he is almost the 

 size of the turkey cock; on his head is a long 

 slender horn, and each wing is armed with a 

 strong, sharp, triangular spur, an inch long. 



Sometimes you will fall in with flocks of two or 

 three hundred Waracabas, or Trumpeters, called 

 so from the singular noise they produce. Their 

 breast is adorned with beautiful changing blue 

 and purple feathers; their head and neck like 

 velvet; their wings and back grey, and belly 

 black. They run with great swiftness, and when 

 domesticated, attend their master in his walks 

 with as much apparent affection as his dog. They 

 have no spurs, but still, such is their high spirit 

 and activity, that they browbeat every dunghill 

 fowl in the yard, and force the Guinea birds, dogs 

 and turkeys to own their superiority. 



If, kind and gentle reader, thou shouldst ever 

 visit these regions with an intention to examine 

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