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for Paramaribo, went through the interior to the 

 Coryntin, stopped a few days in New Amsterdam, and 

 proceeded to Demerara. If, gentle reader, thy patience 

 be not already worn out, and thy eyes half closed in 

 slumber, by perusing the dull adventures of this second 

 sally, perhaps thou wilt pardon a line or two on De- 

 merara ; and then we will retire to its forests, to collect 

 and examine the economy of its most rare and beautiful 

 birds, and give the world a new mode of preserving 

 them. 



Stabroek, the capital of Demerara, has been rapidly 

 increasing for some years back : and if pro- 



Stabroek. D . J ' 



sperity go hand in hand with the present 

 enterprising spirit, Stabroek, ere long, will be of the 

 first colonial consideration. It stands on the eastern 

 bank at the mouth of the Demerara, and enjoys all the 

 advantages of the refreshing sea breeze ; the streets are 

 spacious, well bricked, and elevated, the trenches clean, 

 the bridges excellent, and the houses handsome. Almost 

 every commodity and luxury of London may be bought 

 in the shops at Stabroek : its market wants better regu- 

 lations. The hotels are commodious, clean, and well 

 attended. Demerara boasts as fine and well-disciplined 

 militia as any colony in the western world. 



The court of justice, where, in times of old, the 



bandage was easily removed from the eyes of 

 OoartoUM- the goddess, and her scales thrown out of 



equilibrium, now rises in dignity under the 



firmness, talents, and urbanity of Mr. President Rough. 



The plantations have an appearance of 



Thepianta- high cultivation: a tolerable idea may be 



tions. 



formed of their value, when you know that 

 last year Demerara numbered seventy-two thousand 



