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S.MITIISOXIAX EXPLORATION'S. I92O 



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British Guiana has an area of ahout 90.000 square miles, is about 

 400 miles deep, and extends about 250 miles along the coast (Lat. 

 i'^-8° X., Long. 57°-6i° W.). There are three counties: Demerara, 

 including the drainage system of the Demerara River and to the 

 Abarv River on the east ; Essequibo. including the drainage system 

 of the Essequibo River and all to the west ; and Berbice, including 



Fig. 67. — St. Thomas. The wall is covered with coralita 

 (.IntiyonoH Icptopus), an ornamental vine witli handsome 

 racemes of pink flowers. The palms are royal palms. 



the drainage system of the lierbice River and east to the Courantyne 

 River. (Georgetown, at the mouth of the Demerara River, has a 

 poi)ulation of about 60,000. The only other city is New Amsterdam, 

 at the mouth of the Hcrbicc River, with a population of about (),ooo. 

 The entire population of the colony is alxtut 300.000, about 4.000 of 

 whom arc whites. The bulk of the population consists of l^ast 



