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 black pepper, the cinnamon, and nutmeg are also in great Second 



Journey. 



abundance here, and very productive. 



While the stranger views the spicy groves of La Ga- 

 brielle, and tastes the most delicious fruits which have been 

 originally imported hither from all parts of the tropical 

 world, he will thank the government which has supported, 

 and admire the talents of the gentleman who has raised to 

 its present grandeur, this noble collection of useful fruits. 

 There is a large nursery attached to La Gabrielle, where 

 plants of all the different species are raised and distri- 

 buted gratis to those colonists who wish to cultivate them. 



Not far from the banks of the river Oyapoc, to windward The Cock of 



the Rock. 



of Cayenne, is a mountain which contains an immense 

 cavern. Here the Cock of the Rock is plentiful. He is 

 about the size of a fan-tail pigeon, his colour a bright 

 orange, and his Avings and tail appear as though fringed ; 

 his head is ornamented with a superb double -feathery 

 crest, edged with purple. H^e passes the day amid gloomy 

 damps and silence, and only issues out for food a short 

 time at sunrise and sunset. He is of the gallinaceous tribe. 

 The South- American Spaniards call him ' ' Gallo del Rio 

 Negro," (Cock of the Black River,) and suppose that he 

 is only to be met with in the vicinity of that far -inland 

 stream ; but he is common in the interior of Demerara, 

 amongst the huge rocks in the forests of Macoushia ; 

 and he has been shot south of the line, in the captainship 

 of Para. 



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