SUMMARY OF CONTENTS. 



mer ministers, 321 — Botanic garden of Cayenne a n:iost useful establishment, 

 321 — French West-Indians not hostile to the English, 322 — Emancipation of 

 the negroes unpopular in Dutch America, 323— Surrender by connivance, 324 

 —Benefits of British conquest, 326— Mischievous versatility of government in 

 giving up these conquests at the peace of Amiens, 327 — Large capital thereby 

 sunk, 327. 



CHAPTER XVI. 



Mode of advance to planters, 330 — Re-establishment of the mercantile con- 

 nection with Holland, 331 — Subsequent discredit, 332 — Damages on returned 

 Bills, 334 — Patience of the blacks during famine, 336 — Inhumanity punished, 

 337 — Paramaribo, 338 — Religious liberties of the Dutch, 340 — Moravians, 341 

 — Original settlers, 343 — Kraals of maroon negroes, 344 — Their successive 

 chiefs, 344 — Colonial paper-money, 345 — Coast on fire, 345 — Cottica rebel- 

 lion, 346. 



CHAPTER XVII. 



Ralegh's discovery of Guyana, 347 — Of Cairi, or Trinidad, 349 — River Oia, 

 or Oyapoco, 353 — River Barema, {q. Berbice?) 354 — River Pawroma, or Po- 

 maroon, 354 — River Essequebo, 354 — River Red-cross, Demerary ?) 356^ — 

 Orinoko, 357— Amana, 358 — Arraroopana, 361 — Caroli, 363. 



CHAPTER XVIII. 

 Guyana in general, 366 — Mountains of Mei, 367 — Lake of Parima, 367— 

 Climate, 368— Caribbee islands overvalued, 369— Religion of the people of 

 Guyana, 371— Tolerance praised, 372 — Importance of occupying Cayenne, 

 373— Civilization proportioned to the density of populousness, 374— Fairs and 

 public sports for the Indians ought to be instituted, 375 — Utility of extensive 

 empire, 376 — Negotiation with Portugal suegested, 377 — Navigation of the Ma- 

 ranyo, 378 — Importance of unrestricted commerce, 379 — General Miranda 



