WANDERINGS IN SOUTH AMERICA. 



FIRST JOURNEY. 



CHAPTER I. 



" nee herba, nee latens in asperis 



Kadix fefellit me locis." 



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

 trees. Parasites. Bush-rope. Eed monkey. Wild animals. Sloths. 

 Venomous snakes. Lizards. Bell -bird. Houtou. Insects. Dog 

 poisoned with Wourali.- Falls. Essequibo R. Rapid decay. Falls 

 of the Essequibo. Macoushia. A white recluse. The Watermamina. 

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

 Lake Parinia. 



IN the month of April, 1812, I left the town of Stabroek, 

 to travel through the wilds of Demerara and Essequibo, a 

 part of ci-devant Dutch Guiana, in South America. 



The chief objects in view were to collect a quantity of 

 the strongest Wourali poison; and to reach the inland 

 frontier fort of Portuguese Guiana. 



It would be a tedious journey for him who wishes to 

 travel through these wilds, to set out from Stabroek on 

 loot. The sun would exhaust him in his attempts to 

 wade through the swamps, and the Mosquitos at night 

 would deprive him of every hour of sleep. 



