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the entrance of this River are feveral 

 Cataradts, from which the water falls 

 by a long, but eafy defcent. Some di- 

 fiance above thefe the River divides into 

 two branches, which diverge from each 

 other about eight points, the one run- 

 ning S. W. and the other S. E. But 

 their fource has never been difeovered 

 by any European. 



One league Weft from Demerary 

 is the Great River EJJequebo, which, at 

 its entrance, is nine miles from more to 

 more. In its mouth are three Iflands, 

 called the Lagueon IJlands> two of which 

 extend fome diftance without the main 

 land. Within thefe are the Fortune 

 IJlands, and within them a fucceffion of 

 other Iflands, which is. continued the 

 diftance of twelve or fourteen leagues 

 from the River's mouth, which, on the 

 eaftern more is defended by a Poll: fi- 

 milar to that in Demerary \ though the 

 A a 4. weftera 



