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there. Between the plates was the fragment uf a piece of 

 cotton cord which had attached one of the platis to the ear. 



While everything about the relics from the previous mounds 

 indicated the savage condition of the people who formed them, 

 these little silver trinkets, though rude, proved feelings ap- 

 proaching women in a state of civilization. They, with the 

 unbroken condition and comparative soundness of the bones 

 found near them, bring us nearer oui* own times. As the state 

 of the remains differed from those of the others, so probably 

 did the period and circumstances of the poor girl's fate ; but 

 there is a mystery about it which cannot now be explained. 

 After the mound had been opened, the Indian congregation, 

 neatly dressed, went in procession, with their pastor and teacher, 

 from the chapel to the mound, and collecting round and over 

 it, the various tribes joined in singing the glorious hymn, — 



" Jesus shall reign where'er the sun 

 Doth his successive journey run ! " 



while the lamb, the dove, and other Christian emblems on the 

 banners borne by the school children, waved over the yawn- 

 ing cavity which had disclosed such relics of barbarous days, 

 indicated a blessed change in the life of that long neglected 

 race. May it be extended over the whole continent ! 



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The trees and animals of Guiana afford a more satisfactory 

 subject for contemplation than the degraded inhabitants. 

 Among them, sin has not entered. They remain in all their 

 perfection and beauty, as they first appeared fresh from the 

 hands of the Creator. A large number are so similar to those 

 found in the Valley of the Amazon, that they need no 

 separate description. In the upper waters of its streams the 



