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TROPICAT. WILD LIFE IN BRITISH GUIANA 



FIG. 8. 



I'lmln h]i W. B. 

 GOLD-BOAT LEAVING BARTICA FOR THE UPPER MAZARUNI 



tiny steamers whieli come up river thrice a week. It is still 

 a very sleepy, useless village and a very attractive one to 

 the casual observer. 



And so we find the little part which this Bartica dis- 

 trict has played in history framed in gold, beginning with 



