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were found commonly upon or near the surface. As this hill was inhabited 

 by Warraus in recent times and as these Indians succumbed in large num- 

 bers to an epidemic of measles, it is quite probable that these bones were 

 those of the Warraus. 



Hanaida Hill. 



Here a few fragments of pottery and heads as well as one or two 

 stone implements were found on the surface. It contains no shell piles 

 but is a laterite hill. 



Hotakwaia Hill. 



Granitic formation. One stone axe found. No shell heaps and no 

 pottery. 



Hobo Hill. 



Granitic and quartz residual sands. Traces of comparatively recent 

 occupation. In land evidently used by present-day Indians for provision 

 grounds there were numerous sea shells, apparently remains of a des- 

 troyed shell mound. A few pieces of plain pottery and a stone axe. 



Simri Hill. 

 Like the last. Evidenly occupied by Indians for a long time and 

 still in use by them. 



Hotahana Hill. 

 On the Kaituma River. Shell mounds on one side. Fragments of 

 plain pottery. No heads, decorated pottery or stone implements. 



Anabisi Hills. 

 Hills of lateritic formation distinctly " red." No shell heaps but 

 fragments of decorated pottery, heads and stone implements. 



Maruiwa Hill. 



A " red" hill about six miles below Mt. Everard. No shell mounds 

 but decorated pottery, heads and stone implements. 



Mts. Everard and Terminus. 



Hills of granitic and lateritic formation about 60 miles from Mora- 

 whauna but not properly " red". The first and most prominent hills seen 

 when ascending the Barima. No traces of shell mounds or any other 

 relics. 



Korubo Hill. 



About 25 miles south of Mt. Everard at the junction of the Barima 

 and Koriabo rivers. A lateritic hill of decided red colour. No shells but 

 numerous pieces of decorated pottery, heads and many finely finished 

 store implements. (Fig. 18) 



Manibari Hills. 



Eed lateritic hills on the Yarikita River. No relics of any kind were 

 found on these hills and a careful search of the neighbouring hills, both 

 in Venezuela and British Guiana, failed to reveal any signs of former 

 Indian inhabitants. 



