EXPEDITION TO SURINAM. 



407 



N'' 18. An Indian cotton hammock. CHAP. 



XV. 



19. A fafh of tigers or wild boars teeth, 1 



20. A magic fhell or gourd. 



21. An Indian flute called too-too. 



22. A flute made of the human bone of an enemy. 



23. An Indian flute or fyrinx called quarta, 



24. A ftone to grind caflava, called matta^ 



For a fuller botanical defcription than either my know- 

 ledge or my limits will allow, I refer the reader to the 

 ingenious Dr. Bancroft, whofe merit in this particular 

 is perhaps known by few, but who claims every atten- 

 tion from having lived fo long in Demerary ; and to whom 

 the thanks of the world in general are due, for his inge- 

 nious " Letters to Dr. Pitcairn, F.R. C»P, 8ic." publifhed 

 in i766» 



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