LIL 

 THE CRIMSON TOPAZ. 



part of the world in which, the lovely 

 bird in the Picture is found, is rich in 

 many interesting scenes and valuable 

 productions. 



It is called Guiana, and is a territory to the 

 north of South America. 



Here again the tropical forest presents every 

 variety of wonder. The most curious object met 

 with, in its wild recesses, is a tree called the mora, 

 which towers aloft, its topmost branches often 

 white and bare with age. A fig-tree that has the 

 habits of a parasite chooses the mora to subsist upon. 

 The fig-tree is about the size of our English 



