80 Vanden Heuvel on the ee of Guiana, &e: 
be viewed: sos weitls nbipled delight ats ais sists ment.—- 
mong: ie varieties collected by. him, I was particulary 
‘the number and beautiful diversity of the order 
of bees; and presuming that of a country so little known, 
information would be gratifying to Naturalists of the 
United States, I obtained from him a preparation of the spe- 
cies in his possession, and which I have now the pleasure to 
present to your highly respectable institution. The num- 
ber of bees contained in the collection is. twenty, bu: half of 
the whole number ber (as Dr. Schmidt aati which he 
had indicated tends them 
mee ees 
as in e of his discoveri not being com vanes. 
he had not yet. eee his attention to that niijacr It 
ifying, Sir, however to you and others, to learn 
iicnnines: given to these various Species by ‘the _ Aborigines 
of the country, not only as 
discrimination, but also as corroborating. the statement of 
Dr. en of the » honey-pro ee ‘property of all these 
4 for 
vidal who was. for many yea a constant resident among 
varies, ‘and qualified | both ste education and an in- 
written per ine 
whatever i seapetomn facts came to 0 his knowledge He: _ 
- 
are hee hace tid es 
mildness sad ne dinsoa: ition, are also pre-emi- 
nent among them as minute observers of all the productions 
nature. ” Being the he original proprietors of the whole coast 
of Guiana, though subsequently d. ssessed of a a portion of 
t by the ferocious Charibs > all the rivers and creeks, the 
intervening territories and a ment positions ; all the ' vari- 
ottes of animal and vegetable life bear to this day: their own 
appellations.. Like other savages, they are little used to ab- 
straction: anal generalization, bot led by their. habits, accus- i 
