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"By the way, Fred, didn't you tell me about that funny little chap, Furno, the 'tec, buyin' some pictures of yours?" he said. "I did. Had him there, anyhow," chuckled Elkin. "How much did you stick 'im for?" "Three guineas." "They can't ha' bin this lot, then, though I've a notion it wur the same name, 'Aylesbury Steeplechase." "What are you talking about?" "This."
The natives call it the furno do Piosoca, or oven of the Jacana, the shape of the leaves being like that of the ovens on which Mandioca meal is roasted. This eagle is considered a bird of ill omen by the Indians: it often perches on the tops of trees in the neighbourhood of their huts, and is then said to bring a warning of death to some member of the household.
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