2 Timehri. 



Another glimpse of the Dernerara River, shows a scene near the 

 source of the river above Canister Falls and where the broad river, 

 which flows past Georgetown, dwindles to a mere brook which one may 

 step across. 



But the Demerara is one of the least interesting of British Guiana 

 streams, so we'll step across to the Essequebo and take a flying 

 trip up the Mazaruni. Everyone who goes up the Mazaruni starts 

 from Bartica and in this picture we have a couple of gold-diggers' boats 

 preparing to leave Bartica for the placers far back in the interior. 



The next picture shows one of the gold-diggers or " pork-knockers" 

 at work washing out gold from the gravel of a placer. This particular 

 pan rewarded the pork-knocker with over a pennyweight of gold, but 

 often they work for days without getting a cent's worth. Pork-knocking 

 is no " get rich quick " scheme and an average of one dollar a day is doing 

 very well. 



After leaving Bartica the first interesting spot we see is the Penal 

 Settlement. Every inhabitant of Georgetown should envy the prisoners 

 their situation. It's a great pity that the capital was not built on this 

 high, fine spot or on some similar spot instead of on the mudflats. 



Here is a view of the settlement while in the next we see the popular 

 superintendent, Mr. Frere, being " filmed" for the motion pictures with 

 the prison quarry in the background. 



The Mazaruni is a very beautiful river ; to my mind the finest in the 

 colony, but navigation is slow and difficult owing to the numerous falls 

 and rapids. Going up stream the boats must be hauled through the falls 

 by means of ropes, except at Caburi, which is shown in this slide. Here 

 a portage has been provided around the cataracts and the boats are 

 hauled overland, as illustrated in the next picture. 



Coming down the river, however, is far more exciting, and progress is 

 swift, for unless the rapids are very bad the boats are run through them 

 as illustrated in this slide. Marvellous skill is required on the part of 

 captain and bowman when the boat dashes with express train speed 

 through the rock-filled, tumbling waters. In a few hours going down one 

 often covers the same distance which required days of toil in going up. 



This is a famous landmark on the Mazaruni, known as " Crapo Rock" 

 or " Frog Rock." Many of the rocks in the rivers are worn into grotesque 

 shapes by the water and many strikingly resemble the forms of animals. 

 Note the high-water mark far up on this rock and which indicates the 

 rise of the river during the rainy season. 



Between the rapids are many long stretches of still water such as 

 in this scene. The marvellous reflection of the foliage in the dark brown 

 water is the greatest beauty of such spots, for every detail is mirrored to 

 perfection and it is almost impossible to say where water ends and land 

 begins. 



