The Settled Portions of the Barima, Waini, and 

 Amakura Rivers. 



By H. I. Perkins, F.R.G.S., 1st Government Surveyor. 



10 anyone who is a good sailor and fond of the 

 sea, a journey to the Barima River, in a 

 comfortable schooner or sloop, such as those 

 which belong to the Police Department of this colony, 

 may be recommended as one of the most pleasant and 

 enjoyable short trips within his reach. 



The shortest and quickest route to the Barima is by 

 sea to the mouth of the Waini River, and thence through 

 the Moravvhanna passage ; another way is by sea dire6l 

 to the Barima mouth ; and yet another, but the longest 

 and a very tedious one, by sea to Suddie, thence over- 

 land to the Anna Regina Water Path, and on by boat 

 through the Tapacooma Lake, Pomeroon, Moruca, Barra- 

 manni and Waini Rivers, to the Moravvhanna passage. 



The journey to the Waini occupies from twenty-three 

 to twenty-four hours, and, with a fair wind, a fine cloud- 

 less sky, and a well-kept craft, proves enjoyable in the 

 extreme. 



The larger schooners usually take a course of from 

 seven to ten miles from shore, where the water loses 

 much of its muddy colouring and is of a pale grass-green 

 instead of a dirty brown. The sea is full of swarms of 

 medusa-like bodies which are present literally in millions ; 

 and occasionally one sees numbers of the Portuguese 

 man-of-war floating lightly on the surface of the water, 

 shining with iridescent hues in the bright sunlight. But 



