NO. 6 



SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, I92O 



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The coastal region of the colony for lo to 40 miles inland is a flat 

 plain scarcely above sea level. Back of this there is a belt with hills 



Fig. 69.^Gcorgeto\vn, British Guiana. One of the main streets with rows of 

 rain tree (Saniaiica saniait). 



III.. 70. -Mnrawhanna, l'riti>li (iuiaiia. .\ lypiral viilajiv <if tlic intirii 



as much as 200 feet iii^'h. Toward the southwest the laud rises 

 and at the \'ene/.uelan-j^razilian ])order culminates in the famous 

 .Mt. koraima. a table mountain risiii^^ to a beigbt of S.500 feet. Witb 



