Vanden Heuvel on the Honey Bees of Guiana, &c. 81 
tomed to an attentive observance of external objects, they 
evince in the discovery of specific differences, an inquisi- 
tiveness of remark, and nicety of discrimination, which can- 
ciplined by systematic studies. Not a tree nor a shrub, no 
creature of the air, of the flood or of the forest, however di- 
minutive, or however rare, throughout the endless distinc- 
tion of nature, exists without an Arrowauk denomination: 
According to the authority referréd to, their name for Bee is 
“Ambani; and every variety is designated by prefixing to 
this word another, indicative of some analogy which its 
shape or colour, the acuteness of the Sting, or the scent of 
the honey bears to some other object. Maba is their name 
i ner, to distinguish its s 
of Bee from which it is obtained. ‘Thus they say Kurewa- 
whose colour that of the Bee bearing this name resembles ; 
and Kurewaka-Maba, is the honey of that Bee. Hyao- 
Ambani. is a Bee whose honey smells like the milky juice 
exuding from a tree, called Hyao:. and Yawahu-Ambani is 
one whose sting causes fever, Yawahu being their name for 
Devil, whom. they, like most other rude nations, believe to 
be the cause of all diseases, as well as other calamities with 
which they are afflicted». The number of Bees noticed by 
my informant is twenty-nine, all of whom he ‘asserts are 
honey Bees; the quality of the honey, he moreover adds, 
is remarkable for its clearness, thickness and sweetness; 
the wax of a-yellowish brown, imparting a fragrant smell. 
The following are. the .4rrowauk names, as furnished by him 
for:these species: <s2acih ue ws 2 abe 23 eee 
1 Bilin Aiabane, =} 7 ertion- Bees. (fromahe salt 
of a3 aye ee fy righ ies ; _of the honey) pee ee ee 
F 
3. Mabiria, ae 
5. Honno-Honno, ee ee "2 ; eee 
Bu: Tarihi iniesctte eps 0 Pt 
To Hikhiyskaiege | i ’ 
8. Wakara, . dir 
9. Wirukutiri, mis ‘de 
Vor stds No. ft. ee 8 
