WANDERINGS 



IN 



SOUTH AMERICA 



" nec herba, nec latens in asperis 



Radix fefellit me locis," 



In the month of April, 1812, I left the town of Stabroek, First 



Journey. 



to travel through the wilds of Demerara and Essequibo, 

 a part of ci-devant Dntch Guiana, in South America. 



The chief objects in view, were to collect a quantity of its object, 

 the strongest Wourali poison ; and to reach the inland 

 frontier fort of Portuguese Guiana. 



It Avould be a tedious journey for him who wishes to 

 travel through these wilds, to set out from Stabroek on 

 foot. The sun would exhaust him in his attempts to 

 wade through the swamps ; and the mosquitos at night 

 would deprive him of every hour of sleep. 



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