SOUTH AMERICA. 33 

 Apoiira-poura is nearly one third the size of the Deme- First 



Journey. 



rara at Stabroek. For two days you see nothing but level 



ground, richly clothed in timber. You leave the Sipa- 

 rouni to the right hand, and on the third day come to 

 a little hill. The Indians have cleared about an acre 

 of ground on it, and erected a temporary shed. If it 

 be not intended for provision ground alone, perhaps the 

 next white man who travels through these remote wilds 

 will find an Indian settlement here. 



Two days after leaving this, you get to a rising ground 

 on the western bank, where stands a single hut ; and 

 about half a mile in the forest there are a few more ; 

 some of them square, and some round, with spiral 

 roots. 



Here the fish called Pacou is very plentiful : it is per- 

 haps the fattest and most delicious fish in Guiana. It 

 does not take the hook, but the Indians decoy it to the 

 surface of the water by means of the seeds of the crab- 

 wood tree, and then shoot it with an arrow. 



You are now within the borders of Macoushia, inha- Macoushi 



Indians. 



bited by a different tribe of people, called Macoushi 

 Indians ; uncommonly dexterous in the use of the blow- 

 pipe, and famous for their skill in preparing the deadly 

 vegetable poison, commonly called Wourali. 



It is from this country that those beautiful paroquets, 

 named Kessi-kessi, are procured. Here the crystal moun- 

 tains are found ; and here the three different species of 



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