356 TiMEHRl. 



any open space construfl tunnels ot earthy and vege- 

 table particles to prote6l their soft bodies from the heat, 

 which becomes so oppressive as to be hardly bearable 

 even under shelter. 



After roughing it for about six months in the Potaro 

 Gold-fields, I at last one Sunday bid good bye to the dis- 

 tri6l. I never recolle6l feeling so much pleasure on 

 leaving a place. Nothing can be said against the dis- 

 tri6l itself; it may be a little unhealthy, but it is very 

 pi6luresque and extremely interestmg from a Naturalist's 

 point of view, in fa6l it is a place where it may truly be 

 said that " every prospe6l pleases and only man is vile." 



