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FIRST to the arrival of the Spaniards in those parts. 



JOURNEY. - 11-1 



Whatever the Spaniards introduced, and which 

 bore no resemblance to any thing the Indians had 

 been accustomed to see, retains its Spanish name 

 to this day. 



Thus, the Warow, the Arowack, the Acoway, 

 the Macoushi, and Carib tribes, call a hat som- 

 brero; a shirt, or any kind of cloth, camisa; a 

 shoe, zapato ; a letter, carta ; a fowl, gallina ; 

 gunpowder, colvora, (Spanish, polvora;) ammu- 

 nition, bala ; a cow, vaca ; and a dog, perro. 



This argues strongly against the existence of 

 dogs in Guiana, before it was discovered by the 

 Spaniards, and probably may be of use to thee, in 

 thy next canine dispute. 



Politics. In a political point of view this country presents 

 a large field for speculation. A few years ago 

 there was but little inducement for any English- 

 man to explore the interior of these rich and fine 

 colonies, as the British government did not con- 

 sider them worth holding at the peace of Amiens. 

 Since that period their mother-country has been 

 blotted out from the list of nations, and America 

 has unfolded a new sheet of politics. On one 

 side, the crown of Braganza, attacked by an 

 ambitious chieftain, has fled from the palace of its 

 ancestors, and now seems fixed on the banks of 

 the Janeiro. Cayenne has yielded to its arms. 

 La Plata has raised the standard of independence, 

 and thinks itself sufficiently strong to obtain a 



