GEORGETOWN. 



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Fig. 61. 



To a visiting naturalist the 

 museum is the place of greatest 

 interest, and although the ani- 

 mals and birds are faded and 

 poorly mounted, yet they are 

 representative of the fauna of 

 the country and are hence of great 

 value in accustoming one's eyes 

 to the strange forms of life. 

 The present Curator, Mr. James 

 Rodway, did everything in his 

 power to aid us, and we are in- 

 debted to him for many l<ind- 

 nesses. Although he is primarily 



a botanist, entomology occupies his attention at present, 

 and the supply of s])ecies of the various orders of 

 insects living in this region seems well-nigh inexhaustible. 

 Mr. Rodway is a good example of the healthfulness of 

 British Guiana, for he has lived there thirty-nine years and 

 has been ill only one day. He accounts for this by his tecto- 

 talism, but perhaps the next person wc meet will inform us 

 that a htilf dozen swizzles a day are absolutely necessary to 

 keep the breath of life within the body! 



The Botanical Gardens, un- 

 der the able direction of Prof. 

 J. B. Harrison, are a great 

 credit to the colony. With 

 beautiful vistas of palms and 

 ornamental shrubs they com- 

 bine smooth expanses of green 

 lawns — a rare feature in a 

 tropical landscape. Ponds and 

 ditches are filled with Victoria 

 Fig- 62. regia and lotus, save one where 



