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we returned, half fwimming through mud and water,, 

 and having literally feen nothing, except fome birds 

 and curious trees, which I cannot pafs unnoticed. The 

 birds were called the Cromback^ the Camawarry^ and the 

 Crocro. The firft is a kind of large fnipe, the lize of a 

 woodcock, with a crooked bill. The fecond is alfo a 

 water fowl, but three times as large as the firft : on ac- 

 count of their fvviftnefs, and difappearing in a moment^ 

 I can give but a very imperfedl defcription of them. 

 The Crocro is fomething lefs than our ravens, and I be- 

 lieve of the fame fpecies, being one of the moft voracious 

 birds of the carnivorous tribe ; in Guiana it is of a dark 

 blue colour, has a remarkably ftrong bill and limbs, and 

 croaks exceflively loud and difagreeably, efpecially by 

 jiight. The trees were what the negroes called the Ma-- 

 takecy and the Markoory, The firft is remarkable for its 

 roots, which fpread above the ground in fuch a manner^ 

 that they will conceal a fcore of men from each other j 

 nay fo large are they fometimes,. that a horfeman may 

 ride through between the interftices, and one fingle piece 

 is fufficient to make a table large enough to hold twelve 

 people. 



For a better idea of this wonderful tree,, I refer the 

 reader to the annexed plate ; where I have placed it xa^on 

 the oppofite fhore of the encampment at Jerufalem. In 

 the fame plate, he is alfo prefented with a fair-weather 

 view of the camp at Java Creek. 



The other tree, called the Markoory, is truly formidably 



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