IS TlMEHRI. 



tain of a schooner unfortunately perished through 

 nattention. 



The movements of the Boundary Expedition were very 

 jealously watched by Venezuela. From their newspapers 

 of the time it appears that on the 13th January, 1841, 

 the British Consul at Caracas informed the Government 

 that Her Britannic Majesty had commissioned the 

 Chevalier ScHOMBURGK to survey the territory of British 

 Guiana, and to establish its limits with Venezuela ; 

 adding, that orders had been sent to the Governor of 

 British Guiana to repel any encroachments upon terri- 

 tory near the borders hitherto occupied by the indepen- 

 dant tribes. On the 28th of the same month the 

 Venezuelan Government proposed to enter into a Boun- 

 dary Treaty, by plenipotentiaries appointed by both 

 parties. In July the Governor of Guiana communicated 

 to his government that an English flag was flying near a 

 sentry-box on a point at the mouth of the Amacura. A 

 month later it was reported at Angostura that a boat 

 and 40 men with a cannon were at the same place. 

 To demand an explanation of these doings a Commission 

 consisting of Messrs. Rodrigues and Romero was 

 appointed, which arrived in Georgetown on October 

 16th, 1841. 



El Venezolano of Feb. 25th, 1842, said : "The Eng- 

 lish are now raising false pretensions to the ownership 

 of the lands which form the margins of the Rio Orinoco, 

 although these parts are at a distance of 60 leagues 

 from the limits of Dutch Guiana." A great deal of 

 agitation was felt at Caracas on account of SCHOM- 

 BURGK placing paals at the Amacura. The Royal 

 Gazette of April 19th, 1842, said : — " We believe that 



