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be, however, for either the reader or writer of this 

 account of it a fatal objection to its use. It is the 

 chief ingredient in what is called pepper pot through- 

 out the West Indies, and as used by the Guiana 

 Indians is so highly seasoned with red pepper that 

 when the white traveler, pressed by his hospitable 

 Indian host, who has served him with cassava bread 

 and cassareep sauce, tastes it, the tears start to his 

 eyes. He does not care for another mouthful — he 

 knows when he has had enough ! 



The more stationary and settled Indians in Guiana 

 and Venezuela keep great numbers of domestic fowls, 

 which, strange to say, in the absence of any inclos- 

 ure are kept from straying by a rather large bird 

 called the anhimia. This faithful creature takes the 

 most excellent care of them, leading them out in 

 the morning and bringing them back safely at night. 

 The anhimia will fight for her charges, and can suc- 

 cessfully resist the attack of any hawk, or the smaller 

 wild cats that abound in the forests. 



A HOUSE THAT WEARS A HAT. 



HOW IT IS BUILT. 



A dwelling the construction of which, consisting 

 as it does of galleries surrounding a central chamber, 

 that suggests, although built aboveground, the habi- 

 tation of the mole, is that of a remarkable people of 



