96 Timehri. 
Bolivar I received every attention from the English Vice-Consul Mr. De Lemos 
who did all in his power to make my stay in the city as agreeable as possible. 
On 2nd of February I left Bolivar in the Steamer “ Bolivar ” for Trinidad and 
arrived there early in the morning of 4th. From Trinidad I telegraphed to the 
Government Secretary informing him of my arrival. By way of Barbados 
I arrived in Georgetown on 10th February. 
Callao the objective point of my journey is situate in 7.14.N. Lat. and about 
61. 56 W. of Greenwich on the right bank of the Uruan a tributary of the Uruan 
falling into the Cuyuni on its left bank in lat. 6.42 North. Callao takes its name 
from the Mine, round which after its discovery and development the town grad- 
ually grew and became the centre of the locality, many other mines more or 
less successful being worked in the surrounding country. The Country in the 
immediate neighbourhood of the town is undulating and in many parts covered 
with low forest locally called “* Montana.” This description will apply to all the 
country I travelled over from the time of my landing on the Yuruari. The popu- 
lation of the Town ; if it may be so called, was at the time of my visit, according 
to Government Statstics 9,177 of which 6,000 were British subjects ; the remain- 
der being Venezuelans and Germans. The trade of Callao as well as of Guaci- 
pate is almost entirely absorbed by this latter nationality. They, so far as my 
experience extended through the parts I traversed, seemed to occupy the same 
position in Venezuela that the Portuguese do in British Guiana. I was treated 
with much kindness by the Germans, especially so by the members of the Firm of 
Sprick Lewis & Co. This in contradistinction to the persons connected with Mr. 
Hugh Watt, on whose representations I had been sent to Venezuela. Whether. 
instructed to do so or not, Iam unable to say, but they carefully avoided me. 
The principal industry of the country through which I passed was cattle grazing, 
and for this the grass covered plains are specially adapted. The hinterland of this 
Colony is similar in its character, and suitable for the cultivation of Ceara 
Rubber. In isolatd instances there were Haciendas of Sugar or for the distil- 
lation of Rum. These places were very diminutive when compared with 
those in this Colony. The raw sugar was run into moulds, holding probably 
two or three pounds andis called papillon, and is entirely for local consumption. 
The stills were perfect of their kind, but toys compared with those in our local 
distilleries. An amusing incident occurredat one of our stoppages for food ; 
I noticed that the patron seemed annoyed about something and that his remarks, 
though I did not undertand them, were directed at me. I asked those who 
accompanied me to apolgise on my behalf if I had inadvertantly done anything 
to give annoyance. Far from it I was told, and further, that the patron would 
not receive any recompense for my entertainment, but was annoyed at my 
entering the country without an army of at least 500 men when he along with 
many othe:s wou d have joined with me in the overthrow of the then existing 
government and the absorbtion of the country by the British Government. This 
desire to come under British rule I found prevalent wherever I went East of the 
town of Upaia, the reason assigned being that there would then be such pro- 
tection for life and property as did not under present conditions exist. The per- 
son referred to by me in this particular instance, although apparently 
