CONTENT& xiii 



FIRST JOURNEY. 



CHAPTER I. 



PAGE 



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 Essequibo E. Rapid decay Falls 

 of the Essequibo Macoushia A white recluse The Watermamma 



A. savage financier The Jabiru Ants' nests Fort St. Joachim 



LakeParima 87125 



CHAPTER II. 



The Macoushi Indians Poison vendors apparent failure of poison- 

 Collecting materials for wourali-poison Preparing the poison 

 Superstitions The blow-pipe gun The Ourah The Samourah 

 Silk-grass Acuero fruit Coucourite 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 126 139 



CHAPTER III. 



Operation of the Wourali Its effects on the Ai, or Three-toed Sloth 

 Death resembling sleep A poisoned Ox Poison proportionate to 

 size of animal Alleged antidotes An Indian killed by his own 

 arrow Ligatures and the knife Descent of the Essequibo Skill 

 of the boatman The Buccaneers Tertian ague Experiments with 

 Wourali Value of a ligature Artificial respiration Long life and 

 quiet death of Wourali When good King Arthur ruled this land 

 Return of health 140147 



REMARKS . . 148153 



SECOND JOURNEY. 



CHAPTER I. 



From Liverpool to Pernambuco Stormy petrels Tropical zoology 

 Flying-fish Bonito, Albicore, and " Dolphin " Frigate bird 

 Arrival at Pernambuco The expelled Jesuit Pombal, the Captain- 

 General Southey's history of Brazil Botanical garden Sangredo 

 Buey Rattlesnake Narrow escape Rainy- Sail for Cayenne 

 Shark-catching 154163 



