Occasional Notes. 381 



i86g. Mar. 10 ... W. F. Haynes Smith, A6ling 



Judge. 



1869. Deer. 8 ... W. F.HaynesSmith,a6ling Judge. 



1870. Mar. 25 ... James Crosby, ,, „ 

 1871 Aug. 31 ... George Phillipo, „ 



1873. Sep. 23 ... Conway WhithorneLovesy, „ 



1874. April 7 ... Henry Kirke, a6ling „ 



1875. 061. 26 ... J. Hampden King, a6ling Chief 



Justice. 

 ,, „ 26 ... Nicholas Atkinson, a6ling Judge. 

 1878. Jan. 19 ... Hugh Riley Semper, ,, 



On the Summit of Mt. Roraima. — Mr. QuELCH, 

 who returned on the 23rd of January from a long journey 

 in the interior has favoured us with the following note : — 



Since the discovery of a path to the summit of this 

 famous mountain, and its first ascent in 1884 by Messrs. 

 IM Thurn and Perkins, several orchid colleftors have 

 made the ascent ; but little, however, has been con- 

 tributed by them to our knowledge of its Topography. 

 Taking advantage of the opportunity afforded by our 

 expedition to the great Savannah, Mr. F. V. McConnell 

 and myself, accompanied by Mr. C. A. Lloyd, de- 

 termined to make a more detailed examination of 

 the summit than had hitherto been attempted. Leav- 

 ing the Makusi village of Kwaimatta with 39 Makusi 

 and Arrekuna bearers and with two taxidermists in 

 the middle of October, we reached the Arrekuna village 

 of Kamaivawong at the base of the mountain on Novem- 

 ber 3rd, after a most arduous walk of 17 days, across 

 the intervening mountains — portages of the Ireng and 

 Kotinga Rivers having been made at Karona Falls and 



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