THROUGH THE COASTAL WILDERNESS. 



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At midnight we reached the end of the canal, and a hundred 

 yards up a road we found the Anna Regina police station. 

 The guard turned out, cleared away the judge's bench and 

 witness box in the courtroom and laid blankets for us on the 

 benches, as there were no rafters for our hammock ropes. 

 Our Indians would not come near the dreaded prison house, 

 but left our baggage at the entrance. They said good-by as 

 they were to start back at once. We had grown to have a 

 real affection for these simple men and boys, and found them 



FIG. ioo. THE ROAD TO SUDDIE. 



the best of travelling companions, silent, courteous and 

 wonderful workers. May the lime come when Marciano 

 will again pilot us through that beautiful region to which no 

 pen or camera can do the slightest justice! 



The following morning after a walk through the neighbor- 

 ing ,coolie village of Henrietta, where we purchased some 

 Yellow-bellied Calli'stes 112 and other birds, we secured a 

 carriage, with a horse and a mule as motor power, and drove 

 to Suddie, taking the steamer thence down the Essequibo 

 River to Georgetown. 



