INTRODUCTION. 



THE glamour of the wilds produced " In the 

 Guiana Forest." It was the result of many 

 a peep into the jungle. Disappointing, no 

 doubt, as a book of travel and adventure, it 

 represented to the many a hum-drum state 

 of things. Some said it was all fancy, others 

 represented it as the work of a dreamer. 

 The few, however, knew it to be a true 

 picture, and one friend said it kept him 

 sitting up longer than any book he ever 

 perused. 



It was intended as an attempt to picture 

 wild nature in all its loveliness ; the journeys 

 to the forest were the dullest part of the 

 undertaking. As for the return in a bateau, 



