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SECOND which have been originally imported hither from 

 - all parts of the tropical world, he will thank the 

 government which has supported, and admire the 

 talents of the gentleman who has raised to its 

 present grandeur, this noble collection of useful 

 fruits. There is a large nursery attached to La 

 Gabrielle, where plants of all the different species 

 are raised and distributed gratis to those colonists 

 who wish to cultivate them. 



The cock Not far from the banks of the river Oyapoc, to 

 windward of Cayenne, is a mountain which con- 

 tains an immense cavern. Here the Cock of the 

 Rock is plentiful. He is about the size of a fan- 

 tail pigeon, his colour a bright orange, and his 

 wings and tail appear as though fringed ; his head 

 is ornamented with a superb double-feathery 

 crest, edged with purple. He passes the day 

 amid gloomy damps and silence, and only issues 

 out for food a short time at sunrise and sunset. 

 He is of the gallinaceous tribe. The South- 

 American Spaniards call him " Gallo del Rio 

 Negro," (Cock of the Black River,) and suppose 

 that he is only to be met with in the vicinity of 

 that far-inland stream ; but he is common in the 

 interior of Demerara, amongst the huge rocks in 

 the forests of Macoushia ; and he has been shot 

 south of the line, in the captainship of Para. 



The bird called by Buffon Grand Gobe-mouche, 

 has never been found in Demerara, although very 

 common in Cayenne. He is not quite so large as 



