PREFACE. 



was good to eat. It might be a monkey, a fish, or a 

 fruit. Neither could I identify the Couanacouchi, 

 Labarri, Camoudi, Duraquara, Houtou, or Karabimiti, 

 except that the three first were snakes and the three last 

 were birds. 



It was certainly pleasant to learn that the traveller 

 in Guiana would be awakened by the crowing of the 

 Hannaquoi, but there was no one who could tell me 

 what kind of a bird the Hanuaquoi might be. Then, 

 as to trees, I did not know the Siloabali, or the Wallaba, 

 or even the Purple-heart, nor how the last mentioned 

 tree could be made into a Woodskin. I wanted a guide 

 to the Wanderings, and such a guide I have attempted 

 to supply in the "Explanatory Index." I believe that 

 there is not a single living creature or tree mentioned 

 by Waterton concerning which more or less information 

 cannot be found in this Index. 



The Wanderings I have left untouched as Waterton 

 wrote them, not adding or altering or cancelling a 

 syllable. They constitute, so to speak, the central 

 brilliant of a ring, round which are arranged jewels 

 of inferior value, so as to set off the beauty of the 

 principal gem. 



The plan of arrangement is as follows : First comes 

 a short biography of Waterton as the Wanderer, and 

 then a memoir of Waterton at home. Next come the 

 Wanderings, exactly as he wrote them. Then there is 

 an Explanatory Index, and lastly a few remarks on the 



