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this proved sufficient, for he never came back to ask for 

 anything more. 



During the evening, while the paiwarrie was being 

 finished, there was a more or less continuous, monotonous 

 chanting, which we in vain attempted to stop by singing 

 boating songs at the top of our voices : but before mid- 

 night, it was all over, and only the occasional departure 

 of our huntsman from the house, groaning as he went 

 out, under the a6lion of the paiwarrie, disturbed the 

 quiet of the night. 



It was not surprising to me that this man had become so 

 upset, for during the day he had literally swilled himself 

 with the drink ; and quite early when we started for the 

 upper distrift above Atakapara, he had been left behind, 

 being considered unfit to be carried in the woodskin. 



The distri6l around the settlement is but slightly 

 raised above the general level, and when the river and 

 the creek are swollen to their highest extent, a great 

 part of it must be under water. Along the river, the 

 same condition prevails, and the swamp is covered with 

 the same low growth that charafterises it lower down. 

 The sites of old settlements, such as Korokong, Tapa- 

 quia, etc., are met with in the neighbourhood of various 

 openings and creeks, but they are now quite overgrown, 

 the landings only being more or less distinguishable. 

 On the East bank, some miles above, the growth becomes 

 quite bushy and sparse, and grassy land begins to line the 

 waterside, and this savannah-like chara6ler is found until 

 the Morokparoo creek is reached, at about some six 

 miles from the settlement, and on the East bank. 



At the mouth of the creek, the river opens out 

 into a large lake-like expanse, quite shallow, and evi- 



