BHITISII criASA AM) UHAZII. TO MOrXT noilAlMA L".).", 



I'iiKillv oil August i:!, \\c i-c;icli('(l tlic l()\\("r slojx'S of the urciil iiiouii- 

 t;iin, and caiiipcd for the iii,i;lit in a small |)atcli of woods alioiil a mile short 

 ot" an An'C'Uiia Indian xillaf^r fulled Kainai\ a-\V()n^^ l-'roin lliis \)\;irv tlic 

 savannahs roll ii])\var(l to a t'on^st hclt. from fi\(> thousand to six thousand 

 feet in Ijaronictric lex fl, and then the v:vv;il dill's rise two tlionsaml feet 

 to the ja_ti'g('«l fdye of the llatlcncd mountain top. A naii-o\v and shallow 

 <;orfi"e intt'r\iMics l)('tW(HMi Roraima and Kukcnaani, the latter seai'eely less 

 inii)iTssi\(> than its more famous sistei-. l)o\vn the elill's fall the nai-row 

 streams of walei- that I'eaeh the Atlantii- Ocean 1»\ way of the ri\('i's of 

 (luiaiKi, the Amazon, and the ( )rinoeo -- so close are t he soui'ces of t hese 

 widely dixcriiini;' streams. 



The ni'.xt morning', with four or five of my Ackawois, 1 walked the 

 intcrveuinj;' mile or so to Kaniaiva-won^, and was reeei\('(| hy ( hief .lei'e- 

 iniah and his trihe, with win in 1 bartered for hows and arrows, baskets 

 and l)low-j;uns, and the cassava bread whicii was so much more necessary 

 and desired. In the afternoon, studies were made on the ui)])er slopes 

 toward the dill's, the e\-ening meal was eaten, and we turned in, not without 

 misgivings regarding the return journey which was to begin on the morrow. 

 The ascent could not be attempted for lack of time, while furthermore the 

 top is already well known from the studies of Sir Kxcrard ini Thurn and of 

 Qudch and McConndl. 



The journey was interesting though arduous. Xatui-ally, fuller results 

 might have been secured had th(> time been longer, but on the whole the 

 expedition was successful. The Indians were splendidly efKcient carriers, 

 while to Charles Raggoo, my capable Hindu, a large share of credit belongs, 

 as his long experience in the bush provided a fund of knowledge upon 

 which I drew largely in conducting the affairs of the expedition. 



It is (lifHeult to prc'sent the Ijiological results of the expedition in a brief 

 form for the material nnist be studied in great detail, yet some significant 

 facts appear with clearness. The survey passed fnjm the forests of the 

 coast to those of Roraima itself, and everywhere, no mattei- what the alti- 

 tude might be, eeitain sj)ecies recurred a.gain and again; other species 

 seemed to l)e characteristic of savannahs of all le\els. Still other organisms 

 were restricted to levels of a given altitude; and finally each rixi-r system 

 had its peculiar types. Combining this analysis with similar studies else- 

 where, in time we will gain the sought-for knowledge of distribution and 

 evolution. 



