In the Guiana Forest. 



i. 



THE FOREST. 



EVERY one loves the forest. Whether it be the 

 merry green wood of the bold outlaw, the pleasant 

 grove, or the game preserve, each has its charm 

 If such be the case with the insignificant as- 

 semblages of trees in temperate climates, what 

 shall we say to the great tropical forests. As we 

 sit down and recall the memories of different 

 excursions, we are almost carried away with 

 enthusiasm and wish to be once more lying in 

 our hammock on the bank of some grand river. 

 Visions of mighty streams with dangerous rapids, 

 of creeks winding amid flowery arcades, of wide ex- 

 panses of savannah and swamp bordered by lines 

 of palms, of sand-reefs glittering in the intense 



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