In 1812 the eccentric Yorkshire naturalist Charles Waterton set out from Stabroek into the forests of Demerara and Essequibo to collect wourali, the arrow poison now called curare. Across four journeys he watches sloths, toucans, vampire bats and snakes, famously rides a caiman, visits Brazil and the Antilles, and explains his method of preserving birds.
One of the most entertaining natural-history travel books ever written. Download the free EPUB.