The Schomburgks in Guiana. 



From Annay our traveller ascended the Rupununi as 

 far as the lightest canoe could go ; visited Lake Amucu, 

 the supposed Lake Parima. stood on the highest ridge of 

 the Parima Mountains, and obtained specimens of the 

 hitherto unknown plant from which the Wourali poison 

 is made. 



Letters were received in Georgetown on the 23rd 

 January, 1836, (dated December 5th, 1835), from Pirara, 

 by which it appears that the health of the party had im- 

 proved. SCHOMBURGK spoke highly of the kindness of 

 Senhor CORSEIRO, Commandant of Fort St. Joaquin, who 

 had supplied him with horses and a canoe, and helped 

 him in many other ways. 



Lieut. HAIN1NG left the Rupununi on February 6, to 

 return to Georgetown. On his arrival, the Royal Gazette 

 spoke of the difficulty in obtaining information as to the 

 expedition, on account of the arrangement with the 

 Geographical Society. The travellers had in no instance 

 diverged far from the banks of the rivers, there had been 

 therefore no time for Geological researches. HAINING 

 left some specimens of cotton, tobacco and Indian corn, 

 at the Commercial Rooms, for public inspection. A 

 collection of plants was forwarded to England, as well 

 as other natural history specimens. 



After the departure of his companion, SCHOMBURGK 

 returned from the Rupununi and proceeded up the 

 Essequebo, where he discovered a large tributary which 

 was named by him Smyth's River. The expedition was 

 at length stopped by an impassable barrier called after 

 the King, William IVth's Cataract. The expedition then 

 returned and arrived at Bartica on the 18th of March. 

 By an accident at Etabally Falls, one of the corials was 



