WANDERINGS IN SOUTH AMERICA. 



FIRST JOURNEY. 



CHAPTEE I. 



" nee herba, neo latens in asperis 



Eadix fefellit me loois.' 



Object of the Wanderings. — Demerara E. — Saba. — Toucan. — Forest 

 trees. — Parasites. — Busb-rope. — Red monkey. — Wild animals. — Sloths. 

 — ^Venomous snakes. — Lizards. — Bell-bird. — Houtou. — Insects. — Dog 

 poisoned with Wourali. — Falls. — Esseqnibo E. — Rapid decay. — Falls 

 of the Essequibo. — Macoushia. — A white recluse. — The Watermamma. 

 — A savage financier. — The Jabiru. — Ants' nests. — Fort St. Joachim. 

 — Lake Parima. 



In the month of April, 1812, 1 left the town of Stahroek, 

 to travel through the wilds of Demerara and Esseqnibo, a 

 part of ci-devant Dutch Guiana, in South America. 



The chief objects in view were to collect a quantity of 

 the strongest Wourali poison; and to reach the inland 

 frontier fort of Portuguese Guiana. 



It would be a tedious journey for him who wishes to 

 travel through these wilds, to set out from Stabroek on 

 foot. The sun would exhaust him in bis attempts to 

 wade through the swamps, and the Mosquitos at night 

 would deprive him of every hour of sleep. 



