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shown. Among the former was a set of miniatures of 

 the Backer family, (Albertus Backer afting Governor, 

 1790) which were particularly interesting. We must 

 also mention Captain Montague Jones's paintings of the 

 " Fight between the Peacock and the Hornet," " Ruins 

 of Fort Island," &c. 



The Society's colle6lion of local literature was sup- 

 plemented by loans, which made quite an interesting 

 show. " Raleana'' was of course prominent, the Dis- 

 covery of Guiana being represented in a number of 

 editions, beginning with Hakluyt and coming down to 

 that of Cassell's National Library. Then came a collec- 

 tion of Biographies of Raleigh, his " History of the 

 World," Essays, and King James's apology for his execu- 

 tion. Among the old accounts of Guiana were several 

 rarities dating from the middle of the seventeenth 

 century, including two in German written to prove that 

 hot climates were more suitable than cold for European 

 settlements, the comparison being made between the 

 New Netherlands (now New York) and Guiana. There 

 were also other works of later date, mostly in Dutch, 

 some with quaint illustrations of two-fingered men, 

 mermaids, and " men whose heads do grow beneath their 

 shoulders," The old plantation system was exemplified 

 by a number of books and pamphlets, including "The 

 groans of the plantations," i68g, and several on the 

 management of negro slaves. The works of late tra- 

 vellers in Guiana included an almost complete set of 

 Schomburgk's publications, and a number of editions of 

 Waterton's Wanderings, Essays on Natural History and 

 his life by Hobson. Several scurrilous pamphlets of half 

 a century ago were also shown, one of them being the 



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