Photograph from Henry E. Crampton 



KAIETEUR FALLS, HIDDEN IN THE FORESTS OF BRITISH GUIANA 



Situated in the midst of a highland forest near the center of British Guiana, these falls have the 

 shape of the old Roman door, being twice as high as they are broad. They occupy the center of a vast 

 amphitheatre and form a perfect example of the type of waterfall where the water, passing over a hard 

 ledge, gradually carves a gorge through the softer rock below. The Potaro River, in whose course the 

 Kaieteur Falls occur, is an affluent of the Essequibo and traverses a tropical forest whose dark background 

 gives added beauty to this silvery cascade, 741 feet high. 



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