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WANDERINGS IN 
SECOND 
JOURNEY. 
The time allotted to these wanderings is drawing 
fast to a close. Every day for the last six months 
has been employed in paying close attention to 
natural history in the forests of Demerara. Above 
two hundred specimens of the finest birds have been 
collected, and a pretty just knowledge formed of 
their haunts and economy. From the time of leaving 
England, in March, 1816 , to the present day, nothing 
has intervened to arrest a fine flow of health, having 
a quartan ague, which did not tarry, but fled as 
suddenly as it appeared. 
And now I take leave of thee, kind and gentle 
reader. The new mode of preserving birds, here¬ 
tofore promised thee, shall not be forgotten. The 
plan is already formed in imagination, and can be 
penned down during the passage across the Atlantic. 
If the few remarks in these wanderings shall have 
any weight in inciting thee to sally forth, and explore 
the vast and well-stored regions of Demerara, I 
have gained my end. Adieu. 
Charles Waterton. 
April 6 , 1817 . 
