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NESTLING HOATZIN CLIMBING Frontispiece 



1. MAP OF COASTAL BRITISH GUIANA 24 



2. STREET IN GEORGETOWN > 25 



3. VICTORIA REGIA, BOTANICAL GARDEN, GEORGETOWN 26 



4. KALACOON HOUSE 27 



5. CORNER OF LABORATORY IN KALACOON HOUSE 28 



6. RUINS OF THE OLD DUTCH FORT, KYK-OVER-AL 30 



7. BARTICA WITH ITS SINGLE STREET 34 



8. GOLD-BOAT LEAVING BARTICA FOR UPPER MAZAHUNI 36 



9. PENAL SETTLEMENT FROM KALACOON 40 



10. KALACOON FROM THE EAST 44 



11. MAP OF GENERAL FIELD OF WORK, BARTICA DISTRICT 46 



12. OUTCROPPING OF AURIFEROUS QUARTZ NEAR KALACOON 47 



13. MAZARUNI RIVER FROM NEAR KALACOON LANDING 48 



14. LOOKING SOUTH FROM KALACOON COMPOUND 50 



15. NEWLY-CLEARED JUNGLE 53 



16. PURE CULTURE OF NEW GROWN CECROPIAS 55 



17. THICKET OF REEDS ON CLEARED JUNGLE LAND 56 



18. FLOWERS OF THE GUIANA A LLA MANDA 57 



19. SECONDGROWTH THICKET OVERRUN BY RAZOR GRASS 58 



20. GRASSY AREA OF SECONDGROWTH 62 



21. JUNGLE AT THE EDGE OF SECONDGROWTH 64 



22. JUNGLE FROM THE MAZARUNI, SHOWING GIANT MORA 66 



23. OPEN JUNGLE SHOWING INDIAN TRAIL 68 



24. BASK AND ROOTS OF GIANT MORA TREE 72 



25. JUNGLE FUNGUS 74 



26. HOLLOW TREE, USED FOR OBSERVATION AND SHELTER 77 



27. IN THE HEART OF THE JUNGLE, SEARCHING FOR A TOU- 



CAN'S NEST, AMID THE TANGLE OF A FELLED TREE 78 



28. BEESA MONKEY, AN INHABITANT OF THE TREE TOPS 82 



29. GIANT LARVA OF RHINOCEROS BEETLE 84 



30. MACUSHI INDIAN ON His SHOOTING PLATFORM 86 



31. AKAWAI INDIAN BRINGING IN PECCARY FOR OUR TABLE 89 



32. GREAT JACOBIN HUMMINGBIRD ON ROOSTING PERCH 113 



33. AKAWAI INDIAN BRINGING IN AGOUTIS AND CURASSOWS 118 



34. SHIPPING CRATES OF LIVE MAMMALS, BIRDS AND REP- 



TILES FROM KALACOON LANDING 124 



35. JUNGLE PIT No. FIVE, WHICH TRAPPED MANY MICE 



AND AMPHIBIANS ... 149 



