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Point, by sea. But, there is a short-cut by inland navi- 

 gation, between those two Rivers, and boats could pass, 

 in a day, from the Moruca to the Barima. Indeed, it was 

 a common thing for Dutchmen and Aboriginals to pass 

 to the Orinoco itself, by means of the rivers, and especi- 

 ally by the use of the Mora Channel, which conne6ls the 

 Waini and Barima Rivers. Having a Fort at Moruca, 

 and such easy means of movement to the Orinoco itself, 

 one can understand why the Dutch did not find it 

 necessary to maintain the Fort on Barima Point* 

 that they had there as early as 1660. From Moruca, the 

 Dutch could exercise complete control up to Amacura, 

 with the help of their Carib allies. When the Settle- 

 ments from time to time surrendered to the British 

 Forces, orders were sent to the Commander at the post 

 at Moruca, among others, as to the Capitulation of the 

 Colony. The fa6^ that the Spanish Arawaks sought 

 refuge under British Rule in 1818 to 1830, at Moruca, 

 shows that the Aboriginals of Guiana knew that the 

 Venezuelans did not possess that country. The fa6l that 

 about 150 Spanish Royalists, fleeing from the power of 

 the successful Revolutionists at Angostura, sought refuge 

 in the Pomaroon Distri6t, in 1817, shows that the Spanish 

 Colonists of Venezuela knew that the British possessed 

 that part of Guiana. [See the Minutes of the Legislature 

 of the Colony, 8th September 181 7, in which the Go- 

 vernor is reported as saying, that, he had sent an 

 officer and 25 soldiers to the Pomaroon to maintain 

 order]. The name of the settlement of Essequibo 

 had been extended by degrees, as the Dutch occupied 

 and possessed the neighbouring rivers. It grew in this 

 wise, because the Government of the outlying places 



