336 TiMEHRI. 



referable to the genus Dryophylax. It was found 

 living on a decumbent greenish-brown trunk of a tree, 

 on which it could with difficulty be seen, and when 

 caught made vigorous attempts to bite. The teeth, 

 however, were so small, that they scarcely made more 

 than minute punftures. 



With the exception of a smaller catara6l further up, 

 this is the last of any importance before the Christmas 

 set is reached. Above, the current is very rapid over a 

 sloping basin, at the head of which the river curves 

 sharply round to the East bank, thus giving rise to a 

 long open recess of great beauty, where the banks are 

 hilly and are covered with immense forest trees, A 

 shorter channel, cutting off this recess, and separated 

 from it by a tree-clad island, is to be found on the South 

 bank, but it is formed of a rocky bed with a series 

 of cascades. 



Above this point, the rapids became more frequent, 

 and partook of the nature of the broad and shallow 

 Savannah rapids, the strong rush of the water causing 

 considerable difficulty in getting the bateau through. 

 The banks were elevated and covered with a high forest 

 growth, among which the chief hard-wood trees were to 

 be distinguished. Souari and hyawa trees became 

 common, and splendid clumps of the cokerite more 

 frequent, while manicoles too were seen at intervals. 

 The crab-eye or buck bean with its handsome black and 

 red beads was to be found in abundance, but chiefly small 

 trees, though one, with peculiarly small leaves, stretched 

 gauntly like a giant, upwards and outwards over the river. 



Iguanas became even more common than they had 

 been lower down, and their splashing, as they threw 



