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several years been in the charge of the Reverend Father 

 Messini, ot the Society of Jesus, who is himself subje6l 

 to the authority of the Right Reverend Do6lor BuTLER, 

 the present Roman Catholic Bishop in Guiana. The 

 landing place at Santa Rosa is formed of Dutch bricks, 

 which formerly were used in the building of the Dutch 

 fortification at Moruca. 



Before leaving Moruca and its history, mention should 

 be made of the historical fa6l, that in the " twenties" of 

 this Century, a number of Aboriginals came into British 

 Territory from the Orinoco, to escape from conscription 

 for the Venezuelan Army. The Governor of the Colony, 

 Sir Benjamin D'Urban, allowed them to settle in the 

 Moruca distrifl, where their descendants, the so-called 

 Spanish Arawaks, are to be found to this day. Some 

 account of these people will be found in Timehri, the 

 Journal of the Royal Agricultural and Commercial So- 

 ciety of British Guiana, (December, 1884). 



The foregoing notes do not set forth the British case 

 upon the Boundary Question.* They show, however, 

 that an examination of the allegations made by the 

 Venezuelans, discloses the unfounded nature of their 

 " claims." Their own documents prove that the Span- 

 iards had never occupied the territory between the 

 Moruca and the Amacura. The Spaniards talked of 

 occupying that region in 1779, but they put off their 

 attempt to do so, which never got farther than Manana! 



* American readers who may care to learn some of the faSs in sup- 

 port of the case for British Guiana, will find articles upon the subjefl in 

 the New York Nation for 1896, viz: — A British Guiana Colonist upon 

 the Veneeuelan Boundary Question (January 23rd); The Caribs of 

 Guiana (March 5th) j and, Pope Alexander the VVS Bull, and the 

 Treaty 0/ Munster {March 12th). 



