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REMARKS. 



" Incertus, quo fata ferant, ubi sistere detur." 



KIND and gentle reader, if the journey in quest FIRST 



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of the wourali poison has engaged thy attention, ~ 

 probably thou mayest recollect that the traveller 

 took leave of thee at Fort St. Joachim, on the 

 Rio Branco. Shouldest thou wish to know what 



Fort St. 



befell him afterwards, excuse the following unin- Joachim. 

 teresting narrative. 



Having had a return of fever, and aware that 

 the farther he advanced into these wild and lonely 

 regions, the less would be the chance of regaining 

 his health; he gave up all idea of proceeding 

 onwards, and went slowly back towards the Deme- 

 rarara, nearly by the same route he had come. 



On descending the falls in the Essequibo, which 

 form an oblique line quite across the river, it was 

 resolved to push through them, the downward 

 stream being in the canoe's favour. At a little 



