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pumila, Cattleya Mossiz, Zygopetalon Mackaiiandseveral 
species of Odontogtossum, Myanthus and Epidendron. 
In contrast with these I found on fhe moist savannah, 
standing in great masses, the magnificent Saxo-Fredericia 
Regalis, and another fine Rapatezw, Stegilepis Guyan- 
nensis. 
Until late inthe afternoon! remained in this region, which 
gave such an exceedingly rich treasure of plants, and then 
descended the steep mountain to my camp in the gully. 
The Indians had again brought me large colleétions for 
the herbarium and again | found more than half of these 
entirely unsuited for my purposes. Besides these they 
had brought some live Cavia leucopyga. A sense of 
disgust came over me at the sight as they reminded me 
of yesterday’s supper, but meanwhile I ordered them to 
put them in a cage woven of Calathea stems so that they 
might be taken back to the hut, and form part of my 
menagerie, but next morning they had disappeared after 
biting through the bars of their cage. Fortunately the 
Indians who had been hunting brought in two savannah 
deer towards evening so that we had plenty to eat, and 
jollity prevailed among the people. The track-cutters 
had also returned from the summit of the mountain and 
had as they assured me, made a comfortable road for 
climbing through the forest. 
Next morning, the roth of February, I undertook with 
the chief KAIKERUNG and some other Indians a journey 
to the summit of Roraima. Only the less superstitious of 
the Arekunas accompanied me, with the five in my employ, 
JOHN’S wife, and my two coloured servants. The weather 
was unfavourable in the highest degree; rain and an 
exceedingly strong wind made the steep ascent very 
