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mci^ into a state of insurrection. This comparative gentleness 

 has, however, been practised for ten years with success; and 

 I am confident, that besides discharging a debt due to huma- 

 nity, the planters are the richer for it. 



The river Demerary is navigable for large vessels about one 

 hundred miles above its mouth. It is settled for nearly ano- 

 ther hundred miles further inland. At that distance are cata- 

 racts, or rapids, which obstruct navigation ; but which, on 

 account of the romantic mountainous scenery around, are oc- 

 casionally visited by parties of pleasure. Arrowauk Indians 

 dwell iK'ar them, and are very accommodating to white visitors. 



A few miles above the falls two streams unite to form the 

 Demerary ; the one comes from the south-west and the other 

 from the south-east; hut wdience they descend is unknown to 

 the Europeans. It is supposed to have sources less remote 

 than the Essequebo, as the quantity of water collected, though 

 more rapid, is not so considerable. 



