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wavy liair, sloping shoulders, ample brow, full eyes, and 

 straight delicate nose. Substitute an English archery dress 

 for the skin robe, and a bow for the spear, and there is a 

 handsome English girl at an archery meeting. 



The Sculptor's Ideal of the same subject is wholly Greek. 

 Substitute a crescent diadem for the plumed circlet, a light 

 classical chiton for the feather apron, and there is Diana. 



How different is the real figure of the Guianan type of female 

 beauty, copied exactly from a photograph in my possession ! 

 Note the difference of size, the coarse, straight hair, the little 

 eyes, the high cheek-bones, the short neck, the square shoulders, 

 the in-turned feet, and the spreading toes. Dress her as you 

 will, or even change her complexion, she can never look 

 English or Greek, 



Troely. — -This is a palm with very long and wide leaves, 

 which are much used in the construction of houses. Stedman 

 mentions the palm under the name of Trooly, and states that 

 the leaves diverge directly from the ground, like those of the 

 young coucourite. The leaves sometimes reach a length of 

 thirty feet, and are proportionately wide. They will last for 

 ten or twelve years when made into thatch, so that a native 

 will make a week's voyage in order to obtain a boat-load. 

 Another name is Bussii. The scientific name is Ilauicaria 

 saccifera. 



Tropic Bird {Phaeton aithereihs). — This beautiful bird is 

 one of the Pelican family, and derives its popular name from 

 the fact that it is never seen outside the tropics unless blown 

 by gales too violent to be resisted, even by its powerful wings. 

 Like its relative, the frigate bird, it can remain on the wing 

 during the whole day, and has been met at sea at least a 

 thousand miles from the nearest land. It can, however, rest 

 its wings by sitting on the water. 



There are several species of these birds, one named the 

 Roseate Tropic Bird, being in great request among the natives 

 of the South Seas, who use their long tail-plumes as ornaments 

 in their head-dresses of ceremony. In this species, the tail 



