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The coastal region of the colony for lO to 40 miles inland is a flat 

 plain scarcely above sea level. Back of this there is a belt with hills 



Fig. 69. — Georgetown, British Guiana. One of the main streets with rows of 

 rain tree (Saviaiica saniaii). 



Fig. 70. — Morawhanna, British Guiana. A typical village of the interior. 



as much as 200 feet high. Toward the southwest the land rises 

 and at the Venezuelan-Brazilian border culminates in the famous 

 Mt. Roraima, a table mountain rising to a height of 8,500 feet. With 



