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man had stowed away two women and two children 

 in addition to my already overloaded craft_, and I must 

 either take them or stay. I had no resource so submitted. 

 My crew now consisted of seven men, three women, two 

 children, myself and boy, the women all Caribisce ; I 

 caution all future travellers against a similar one. The 

 Caribisce are at the best proud, filthy and unsteady 

 workmen, but these were half-starved and weakly, and 

 their headman was a member of the Mission who drank 

 his grog stiff in the day and bellowed out prayers and 

 hymns all night to my great annoyance. I found also 

 that the eighth .commandment was not a part of his 

 original decalogue nor of his ladies', especially with 

 regard to the item of rum. 



JOURNAL COMMENCES 

 1st day. Wednesday, i6th March. Started at 9, Course 

 W. bv N. At 10 the First Acayu, rapid or fall. At 11 

 at Sarejataara, the 2nd Fall and a portage. At 12 

 Twarung. At i Ematubboh, called below the Great 

 Fall. At 3 Arcaboora. At 6 Camareea, slept. The 

 dryness of this detail must be very uninteresting, but it 

 is absolutely necessary to give some idea of the course of 

 the river. The epithet Ematubboh signifies a portage or 

 fall that cannot be passed without unloading and hhuling 

 up the craft over the rocks. There are two in this river, 

 one in Courantin and one in Barama. I had this day the 

 assistance of a free man as a labourer, to my great relief, 

 as the Caribisce were weak from hunger and had little 

 idea of facing a fall in so large a craft as mine. We 

 ascended this day fully (i) + 10 f (2 and 3) 15 + (4) 

 20 + (5) 12 + (6) 20 = 77 feet, a day's work which I 

 conceive at the outset to have deterred former explorers, 



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