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top, the scene yields almost a complete satisfaction to 

 the artistic elements of one's nature, and one feasts 

 upon it more fully, perhaps, owing to the starvation from 

 which one necessarily suffers on the coast. 



One could not but be struck with the fa6t, that, on 

 Arrisaro, there lies unoccupied a splendid site for the 

 much needed Sanitarium or health resort of the colony, 

 where, not only the jaded from the coast might rest 

 and recuperate, but where the hale and hearty would 

 find a welcome change from the flat coast, and be 

 brought within easy reach of some of the most interest- 

 ing parts of the interior. By the cutting of a canal 

 between the Demerara and the Essequebo, or, as appears 

 more likely to be done, along the banks of the latter 

 river past the rapids, the mountain could be brought 

 within easy reach of Georgetown, since, for the journey 

 along the river, steam launches of light draught could 

 be brought into service. From the abutment of the 

 mountain on the very bank of the river, the road to be 

 cut therefrom would be but a trivial matter; while a 

 comparatively small clearing on the top of the sharp 

 escarpment, facing the river, would throw into full and 

 uninterrupted view, the greater and most interesting 

 part of the marvellous panorama of scenery around. 

 With a primitive settlement founded on such an elevated 

 and salubrious site, and with the peculiarly striking 

 natural advantages which it would possess, who call tell, 

 but that in the near future, a fair city of health, set in its 

 own flourishing gardens and farms, might crown the 

 height of Arrisaro ? 



At Curro-curro lake — a wide expanse of water at 

 the mouth of a creek on the left bank, separated 



