456 TROPICAL WILD LIFE IN BRITISH GUIANA 



alist will find much profit in accompanying a fish-poisoning 

 expedition, in the form of a two-days' picnic. The savannah 

 region described above is broken up by some extensive woods, 

 or bush. The important ones are: The Maru-kupu bush, 

 extending from the Rapo-nunni, at Karenampu, several 

 miles westward, enclosing the pond, on its way; the Binoni 

 bush, to the north of the famed Kwaimata village; the 

 Marakanata bush, about fifteen miles to the west of the 

 Pokaru, and the Kwatata bush, which screens the creek of 

 that name and a portion of the Warikuru. 



Examining the region of the Rapo-nunni, extending 

 across the Rewa to the Essequibo : There is savannah land, 

 broken by narrow lines of low bush, along the left bank of 

 the river, from Masar Landing to just past Anai Landing. 

 Thence to the Essequibo is big forest. On the right bank 

 of the river, from Katoka creek to Simuni creek, is savannah, 

 with ponds, swamps and tangles here and there. Aback 

 from the Simuni to the Rewa is big forest. At the bend, 

 opposite Massara I^anding, is more savannah. East of this 

 savannah, passing the mouth of the Rewa, to the Essequibo, 

 is more big forest, broken up with glades, in which the grass 

 grows rankly. The whole of this stretch, save for a few 

 isolated Indian houses, near the mouth of the Rapo-nunni, 

 and the depots, at the mouth, is uninhabited. For conven- 

 ience of reference we may speak of the Rewa forest, the 

 Bend savannah, the Simuni bush, the Katoka savannah, and 

 the Uruata forest. The last begins at the Katoka creek and 

 extends to the Kanakus, on both sides of the Rapo-nunni. 



From the site of the old Kwatata village, along the de- 

 pression which makes a bed for the creek, extending west- 

 wards beyond Marakanata village is a wonderful grove of 

 kwai palms. At the southern foot of the hill upon which 

 Marakanata stands, the grove expands and encloses a pond. 

 The thousands upon thousands of palm trees make a mag- 

 nificent picture. There is another long belt of kwai palms, 

 running almost parallel with the Tukutu, near to this river. 



