Identifier: fiveyearsexpedition01sted (find matches)
Title: Narrative, of a five years' expedition, against the revolted negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the wild coast of South America, from the year 1772, to 1777 : elucidating the history of that country, and describing its productions, viz, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles, trees, shrubs, fruits, & roots : with an account of the indians of Guiana, & negroes of Guinea
Year: 1806 (1800s)
Authors: Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744-1797 Blake, William, 1757-1827 Holloway, Thomas, 1748-1827 Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815
Subjects: Slavery Indians of South America
Publisher: London : Printed for J. Johnson, & Th. Payne
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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ers are a shining black,except on the belly; its legs are yellow, and also its bill,except near the point, where it is blue and arched. Itseyes are lively and bright, and on its head it is crestedwith a brilliant plume of black frizzled feathers, whichgijfe it a noble appearance. These birds cannot fly far;and being easily tamed, may be reared for domestic pur-poses : at Paramaribo they are frequently sold for morethan a guinea a-piece. Another bird peculiar to Guiana,called by the French the ogame, and in Surinam camy-camy,I will also take this opportunity to describe.—It is, like theformer, nearly the size of a turkey, but totally differentin its formation and plumage; its body, which has notail, being perfectly the shape of an egg : it is also black,except on the back, where it is of a grey colour, and onits breast, where the feathers are blue and long, hanging-down like those of the heron. The eyes are bright, the billis pointed, and of a blueish green, as are also its legs. The
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///v, /f/i//////, \_ -f.wr.tt f./— sfffYtA- /trs/.iffttt EXPEDITION TO SURINAM. 273 The vulgar name of this bird in this country is the C n a p.trumpeter, on account of the sound it frequently makes,which bears some distant resemblance to that of a trum-pet, but whence that sound proceeds is not in my powerto certify : some suppose it is made by the nose. Of allthe feathered creation this bird is the most tameable, andthe greatest friend to man, whom it follows, caresses, andeven seems to protect with the attachment of a dog. Ihave seen many of them kept on the estates, where, likethe powesa, they are reared for domestic uses, and feedamong the turkeys and other poultry. On the 6th I received six gallons of rum from Para-maribo, four of which I gave as a present to Fourgeoud. About six in the evening two of our slaves, who hadbeen out to cut manicoles, brought intelligence that agang of rebels had passed not above a mile from thecamp, headed by a Captain Arico, with whom they hadspo

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