PEKSONAL NAKBATIVE 



OF A 



JOUENET 



TO THE 



EQUINOCTIAL REGIONS 



OF 



THE NEW CONTINENT. 



CHAPTEB XXV. 



Spanish Guiana. Angostura. Palm-inhabiting tribes. Missions of the 

 Capuchins. The Laguna Parime. El Dorado. Legendary tales ol 

 the early voyagers. 



I SHALL commence this chapter by a description of 

 Spanish Guiana (Provincia de la Guyana), which ia a part 

 of the ancient Capitania general of Caracas. Since the end 

 of the sixteenth century three towns have successively 

 borne the name of St. Thomas of Guiana. The first was 

 situated opposite to the island of Faxardo, at the confluence 

 of the Carony and the Orinoco, and was destroyed* by the 



* The first of the voyages undertaken at Raleigh's expense was in 1595 ; 

 the second, that of Laurence Keymis, in 1596 ; the third, described by 

 Thomas Masham, in 1597 j and the fourth, in 1617. The first and last 

 only were performed by Raleigh in person. This celebrated man was 

 beheaded October the 29th, 1618. It is therefore the second town of 

 Santo Tomas, now called Vieja Guyana, which eristed in the time oi 

 Raleigh. 



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