ESTABLISHMENT OF STATION 



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Photo by W. B. 



FIG. 2. STREET IN GEORGETOWN 



River we motored to the end of the Pomeroon Trail, where 

 great moras and kakarallis towered overhead, and we were 

 almost persuaded. Then one day, in a down-pour of rain 

 I followed an old river trip of mine, made years ago, up the 

 Essequibo to Bartica. Here I knew at last that the Station 

 would find a worthy home at least for this season. I re- 

 turned at once, purchased a houseful of furnishings, and 

 without a moment's delay we packed up again and trekked 

 inland. So swiftly did we work, that even in this slow mov- 

 ing tropic land we were able in three day's time to entertain 

 our first guests, Colonel and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt and 

 Mr. and Mrs. Withers. 



To make our manners properly to all those who have 

 aided us would be equivalent almost to a roster of the inhabi- 



