DTEESG his stay in Demema, he was *A**eA as the ifeqMfc&s 

 bearer of despatches to the Spanish Government in** 

 Qmnfln and received the first commission which had 

 been held bj any one bearing the name of Waterton 

 since the days of Queen May; the immiii-i being 

 dated August 2, 1808. 



While passing vp the Orinoco river in the fulfilment 

 of this mission, an adventure occurred which had well- 

 nigh deprived the world of the Wanderings. 



- During the whole of the passage up the river, there was 

 a grand feast for the eyes and ears of an ornithologist. In 

 the swampy parts of the wooded islands, which abound in 

 this mighty river, we saw waterfowl innumerable; and 



