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ran with strong current towards the lower lands by the 

 Demerara river. 



The ascent was extremely gradual, the track skirting 

 round the sides of the hilly ranges, and but seldom going 

 up and down dire6lly. Great forests of mora and green- 

 heart were passed through, where the low undergrowth 

 consisted chiefly of the young plants of the same species, 

 and here and there trysilj purple-heart, crab wood, etc., 

 were seen by no means sparsely. The last two creeks 

 met with, at a short distance apart, are in reality moun- 

 tain streams rushing down a steep incline over a rocky 

 floor, murmuring as they run, and the mountain itself 

 rises sharply from the very bank of the second of these 

 streams ; but the ascent is nowhere arduous, though 

 very steep towards the very brow of the elevation. 



The distance of the Mabooroo mountain from the 

 Demerara, as mapped, gives about seven miles ; but the 

 winding Indian track and the elevated parts of the 

 course, nearly doubled the distance ; and it was 

 not until after about five hours had elapsed that we 

 reached the highest point, the luggage having been 

 deposited by the stream at the base. 



From the top the view is extremely fine so far as one can 

 get it, but it is only through the openings of the trees 

 which grow to the very edge of the perpendicular face 

 of the hill, and proje6l over it, that one can obtain 

 partial glimpses of the distri6l which lies between the 

 Demerara and the Essequibo. The day, too, from the 

 amount of rain, was very misty, and the scene was 

 much obscured thereby. 



Away, as far as the eye could reach, stretched the 

 immense undulating plain of forest, with wide ridges 



