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the Cedros mud volcanoes up to Chatham — perhaps 

 close to the spot where the little islet " Guy 

 Fawkes" lately rose from the sea in smoke and flame, 

 — and on to Erin where the first landing is effected, 

 and from whence one of the greater mouths of the 

 Orinoco can be plainly seen. 



Landing at Erin is sometimes easy sometimes it 

 is not ; when I say not easy I don't mean dangerous, 

 but the place being shallow the boats have to lie out 

 a long way, and carts come alongside on to which the 

 passenger is lifted in the strong arms of a huge good- 

 natured boatman, and started for shore about a quar- 

 ter of a mile's jaunt ; then lifted again on a sandy 

 beach. The village of Erin is about a quarter of a 

 mile distant up a fair road but unless there is either 

 much cargo to be landed or shipped there will not 

 be much time to remain on shore ; it is seldom 

 less than an hour and sometimes we may remain 

 much longer, but whenever we are ready to go oif to 

 the ship again one of the boats is there to take us, 

 when we will undergo the same mode of transport ; 

 if you don't want to remain long on shore we can 

 generally be back in time for breakfast. From there 

 we next touch at La Lune, and thence on to Moruga, 

 and this is generally reached about 4 o'clock, where 

 we can go on shore undergoing the same lifting in 

 the brawny arms of the boatmen ; we can wander 

 up to Moruga Village and see the place where the 

 West India and Panama line of Telegraph enters the 

 sea on its way to Demerara. 



