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WANDERINGS IN 
SECOND 
JOURNEY. 
The Han- 
naquoi. 
The Po- 
wise or 
IIocco. 
Flocks of 
Waraca- 
bas or 
Trum¬ 
peters. 
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 forest, and are 
found in all directions in these extensive 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 brow-beat 
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 their pro¬ 
ductions, perhaps the few observations contained in 
these wanderings may be of service to thee; excuse 
their brevity: more could have been written, and each 
bird more particularly described, but it would have 
been pressing too hard upon thy time and patience. 
