TIMEHRI. 
Among the objects which the Society has p ovided for in its By-laws is one for 
“establishing and carrying on a periodical publication as the organ of the 
Society.” It was not, however, until ten years after its foundation that any 
attempt was made to carry this out, and even that proved abortive, the encour- 
agement afforded being insufficient to sustain it beyond the issue of two numbers. 
No copy of this “ British Guiana Journal ” of useful information in literature, 
science and the arts, is apparently in existence probably on account of the fire 
of 1864, but from the prospectus it appears to have been an octavo of 24 pages, 
and was sold at a shilling. The two parts were issued on the Ist August and 2nd 
November, 1854. The “Prospectus stated that previous attempts “to establish 
colonial periodicals of ascientific and literary character had resulted in failure, 
it might therefore appear presumptuous to appeal on behalf of a similar under- 
taking. Nevertheless, the time was considered opportune, for there was no lack 
of talent in the colony. However, notwithstanding the efforts of the Hon. 
William Walker, Mr. Dennis (author of the ‘Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria”), 
Mr. W. H. Campbell and many others, the Journal failed to obtain subscribers. 
No doubt this attempt prevented further efforts for a long time. At last 
however, in January, 1882, Mr. (now Sir) Everard im Thurn, then Curator of the 
Museum, addressed a letter to Mr. W. H. Campbell suggesting that the Proceed- 
ings of the Society be published, together with papers on colonial matters. 
This having been agreed to at a General Meeting Mr. im Thurn undertook to 
carry out his suggestion in the form of a Journal, which he called ‘‘ Timehri ” 
from the Indian name of the pictures found on rocks in Guiana as well as other 
regions of South America. The first number was published in July, 1882, and 
was favourably reviewed in the colony and elsewhere, in fact, as far as the 
literary and scientific side was concerned it was pronounced a great success ; 
financially however, it was always carried on at a loss. Mr. im Thurn edited it 
for five years and when he resigned in 1886 it was feared that “ Timehri ” 
would have to bediscontinued. However in February, 1887, the Society got 
the new Curator, Mr. J. J. Quelch, to accept the editorship, for which office 
everyone felt they could not desire a better man. 
A new series was now started, the sixth volume being numbered Vol. 1 (new 
series). Mr. Quelch’s contributions were numerous and interesting, most of them 
dealing with his bush expeditions. As in the case of Mr. im Thurn the new editor 
got interesting and useful papers from many good writers and on a variety 
of subjects. Mr. im Thurn was primarily an anthropologist; Mr. Quelch a 
naturalist with wide sympathies especially for ornithology ; these sympathies are 
naturally shown in their writings. 
In 1893 Mr. Quelch left the colony for a time and Mr. J. Rodway became 
editor. In 1898 the Directors found it necessary to economise and it was decided 
to reduce the matter by less than half. This was done ; 1898 and 1899 form one 
volume ; and finally 1900 to 1902 consisted only of the Proceedings, the name 
“ Timehri ”” being struck off. It is hoped that the present revival will be as 
auccessful financially as the former was in other respects. 
