CONTENTS 



Preface to First Edition ix 



Contents xi 



List of Illustrations xvii 



Introduction ^ . xix 



Memoir < 1 



FIRST JOURNEY 



CHAPTER I 



Object of the Wanderings — Demerara R. — Saba — Toucan — 

 Forest Trees — Parasites — Bush-rope — Red Monkey — Wild 

 animals — Sloths — Venomous snakes — Lizards — Bell-bird — 

 Houtou — Insects — Dog poisoned with Wourali — Falls — Es- 

 sequibo R. — Rapid decay — Falls of the Essequibo — ^Macou- 

 shia — A white recluse — The Watermamma — A savage finan- 

 cier — The Jabiru — Ants' nests — Fort St. Joachim — Lake 

 Parima 29-73 



CHAPTER II 



The Maeoushi Indians — ^Poison vendors — apparent failure of 

 poison — Collecting materials for wourali-poison — Prepar- 

 ing the poison — Superstitions — The blow-pipe gun — The 

 Ourah — The Samourah — Silk-grass — ^Acuero fruit — Cou- 

 courite palm — Wild cotton — Arrows — Quivers — Jaw of 

 Pirai — Packing the arrows — Cotton basket — Gun sight 

 made of Acouri teeth — Poisoned fowl — Suspending the 

 guns — 'The bow — Ingenious arrows — Small quivers — A wild 

 hog shot — Utilization of indigenous products 74-89 



