SOUTH AMERICA. 



the jackdaw, and is entirely black, except a large SECOND 



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spot under the throat, which is a glossy purple. 



JOURNEY. 



You may easily sail from Cayenne to the river P 

 Surinam in two days. Its capital, Paramaribo, is 

 handsome, rich, and populous : hitherto it has 

 been considered by far the finest town in Guiana ; 

 but probably the time is not far off when the 

 capital of Demerara may claim the prize of supe- 

 riority. You may enter a creek above Paramaribo, 

 and travel through the interior of Surinam, till 

 you come to the Nicari, which is close to the 

 large river Coryntin. When you have passed this 

 river, there is a good public road to New Amster- 

 dam, the capital of Berbice. 



On viewing New Amsterdam, it will imme- New Am- 



sterdam. 

 diately strike you that something or other has in- 



tervened to prevent its arriving at that state of 

 wealth and consequence for which its original plan 

 shows it was once intended. What has caused 

 this stop in its progress to the rank of a fine and 

 populous city, remains for those to find out who 

 are interested in it ; certain it is, that New Am- 

 sterdam has been languid for some years, and now 

 the tide of commerce seems ebbing fast from the 

 shores of Berbice. 



Gay and blooming is the sister colony of Deme- Demerara. 

 rara. Perhaps, kind reader, thou hast not forgot 

 that it was from Stabroek, the capital of Deme- 

 rara, that the adventurer set out, some years ago, 

 to reach the Portuguese frontier fort, and collect 



