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point at thee in passing by, and call thee a 

 descendant of La Mancha's knight, because thou 

 maintainest that the stones which form the rapids 

 might be removed with little expense, and thus 

 open the navigation to the wood -cutter from 

 Stabroek to the great fall ? Or wouldst thou be 

 deemed enthusiastic or biassed, because thou 

 gives t it as thy opinion that the climate in these 

 high lands is exceedingly wholesome, and the lands 

 themselves capable of nourishing and maintaining 

 any number of settlers ? In thy dissertation on 

 the Indians, thou mightest hint, that possibly 

 they could be induced to help the new settlers a 

 little ; and that finding their labours well requited, 

 it would be the means of their keeping up a con- 

 stant communication with us, which probably 

 might be the means of laying the first stone 

 towards their Christianity. They are a poor, 

 harmless, inoffensive set of people, and their wan- 

 dering and ill-provided way of living seems more 

 to ask for pity from us, than to fill our heads with 

 thoughts that they would be hostile to us. 



What a noble field, kind reader, for thy ex- 

 perimental philosophy and speculations, for thy 

 learning, for thy perseverance, for thy kind- 

 heartedness, for every thing that is great and 

 good within thee ! 



The accidental traveller who has journeyed on 

 from Stabroek to the rock Saba, and from thence 

 to the banks of the Essequibo, in pursuit of other 



