The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-03-10

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great, slst ne mon wsrs ii great dapr.s Who IA
bio, and after trying n vain 70 soften hls savage
The birds % these iaIanis are soualiv fen1a,t-
able with The aplnals ind vegetables; and Iik.
the animals end vegetables they have tketr 49,.
iiculnf limits. The birds 81 me Island AZ 81.
matfa ere enslrely different from those 81 Java.
n Rlnmage and h many other respects, rot.
wlnstsndlng NE PreHnlty q these ialanda HEB
are only sepafnlcd By liafrow strait. N uhirh
are many isleislik stepping sfonsa Aers... =
stream. On the little island called Cess. ...
en- this ltlatd alone you find 1arfa hi,a .si,.ad
Ne caseowarys a bird that can r.sailoss -,
edohei and when Gagged are k.eSn "a svaiio,r
PORTIONS 81 bitck batsic helh dtesrt thar fooa
,Ahea ,nsse y me rsmaFkabte bird We cali me
bird 81 paradise. They are TSInd n ire lslsnS
u New Guinea alone. Az Innag,sna M, n
carried on N these seas. Win lhe fea,hess ~
this beautiful bird The oyta,ne,,sr ~ ~
Atiallc pflncea were made Of the feathers 81
this bifo. These ornamental feaibsFs vs.
eFought . ring = 1lonon. he, no doubt, inahIe-
VIZ ~ genera oriental fancy. used ths feathers
q tne g.ses Of paradise for ornament. The
10y gF avn Of Eyre hgcught gold. silver,
,yesys ens aPes, and peacueks, Il ii SAID; but tIe
nepgsws word, tuehiim, simply means 4 bfrl ~
20 tp,5id plumnge; and the Eighth bnhops Who
tfahslated the Bible by order 81 kim .ssfa
y.nacqunInted with The beautiful bifss AZ Ma
disc, snd the peacock having the most beautiful
piamnges q ~ The birds with which they were
acquainted, they put Z down peacock. The
winds we're entirely favorable 10 walt y6sssls
from the eoaet Of the Red Sea 10 ire coasts ~
Sumatre. They brought gold and ivory ana
various fancy woods, which are oil found Il, tbe
hlendsi and most likely those birds or l0st mar,
nihceni plumage, the birds 81 paradise. ,v6Ds.
feathers have been III ancient as well /, Inodern
tines % much used BY The AsIaiic princes. A.
nave sai, That bird forms al important asticle
u trade a this tine with Sinm and {. Inn
amounting IN value 70 nearly milIlon 81 aol'
lars. The largest pofii0n Of them hre ran,,,,e,l
on the spice islands. which ARA moi I,,a :, n, =
hundred miles from New Guinea Th.y 800,
e be attracted BY The delightful oinr tat i,
iinuHlly walled from these islaIsls. Ttev n,
not observed 10 feed Noon nnv,h = h.t ,,sssl,, 4,
hover GROUND i lie humid IS "
tihnaliy rest over these isai,s M, tes 80
delight IN hFeaihtna this afomslIn atn,osnbe,s
When the winds blow thev ,lSs.s,,d "a a.
earth, and being clumsy rs atiesnntIar " 10
again, they Gre easily cant6,ed ms lie ,.s,i,ss
There are great yaristy 81 snllfni ANAL
birds, some mol laroer man to,,.Iit
plumare Tie base 81 ,vlln n 3
covered with small dlsiinct n,snla ~
fhera T. fha sf..a 1880. :. Y Il -. fai1
bra,,t',,k ,ye,L n. II.
ms 9 and black
swallow Ia, 4 Is ~ to,,,,d
-. ..mA -
.llana q Java and among the Philippines They
f ou.la snslr nests ~ the caves o. these islatds,
sPeclaisy OF lava, INTO which The ocean rialies
WIZ Tremendous Iury lntlose po1tiots Of The
esvaIlo,s ii,,s h, Gee n
ls'.y Io y on. we rocky reeta, The a swal.
~ ~ arg eaal q out again from ita lbloa;
Ml.n sn's =, constructs Us nest ard when first
,.ae !. so9ks s.n'ost or IKE on i1m tits
1919. ssnsa ~ we ~ ese one of lie gteates
.,,... ney WI give Tor fresh nests tuiee
~. go. - 81 Iley VII give two eol-
..,. 81 slsncs. ihtif great yatae y owing
re- ~ sue nanger tnere y ~ grtit them.
W. ~. tentnse into those ter bic caves!
attribute io These swalow nests
aug efo.ie sstlulant qlalt-
~ sy uel "a lhey VIII FesteIes almost,
an. " yea.n, aid iheiso,e Tie lnKnriaiis|
80 49, nss.s. We Trade " That article aloue, ~
asnuuHteus last year, 10 about seven