WANDERINGS 



SOUTH AMERICA 



" nee berba, neclatens in aspens 



Radix fefellit me locis." 



FIRST 

 JOURNEY. 



IN the month of April, 1812, I left the town 

 of Stabroek, to travel through the wilds of De- 

 merara and Essequibo, a part of ci-devant Dutch 

 Guiana, in South America. 



The chief objects in view, were to collect a its object, 

 quantity of the strongest Wourali poison ; and 

 to reach the inland frontier fort of Portuguese 

 Guiana. 



It would be a tedious journey for him who 

 wishes to travel through these wilds, to set out 

 from Stabroek on foot. The sun would exhaust 

 him in his attempts to wade through the swamps ; 

 and the mosquitos at night would deprive him 

 of every hour of sleep. 



