Roraima. 
Translated from the German of C. F. Appun*, by H. L. Bayrhoffer. 
Set AVING arrived so far on the 25th of January 
mh ©6«( 1864) the first thing I had to do was to ereét 
a hut for myself and servants, in which all 
my Indians assisted. It was built near the beautiful 
cascade of the Arabo-pu and was finished in the afternoon, 
so that I took up my quarters in it the same night. Its 
stru€ture was very simple—it belonged to no style—for 
it was only a great palm-thatch roof coming down to the 
ground and divided by a partition of the same material 
to form two rooms, one of which was to be my bedroom 
and the other the general living room. It was quite 
open in front and here my servants lived and here I 
construéted a rough table and bench. 
After finishing these my Cakota Indians declared their 
intention of leaving and going home. I accordingly 
paid them their wages and sent them away well con- 
tented. I was now left with three servants and five 
Indians, among whom were JOHN and his wife who had 
accompanied me from Massaruni. JOHN, with WEy- 
TORREH, an Arekuna who had joined me at Hanare, I 
appointed as huntsmen ; the other three Indians under- 
took to skin whatever birds and other animals I colle&ted, 
in which operation they showed considerable skill. 
JOHN and his wife put up a hut for themselves in the 
forest close by and there also settled the Wako-koi-yeng 
Indian, MANUEL, who arrived with several others the 
* “ Unter den Tropen” Vol, ii, Chap. 4, 
