SXJMMARY OF CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER IX. 



Limits of Berbice, 179 — Governor not an Englishman, ISO — Acre-geldt, 

 182 — Tract between the Devil's creek and the Courantine, 183 — Mutiny of 

 Dutch troops, 185 — Rebels driven beyond the Canje, 188 — Arrival of Indian 

 auxiliaries, 189 — Story of Weekee, 190 — Surrender of the mutineers, 192. 



CHAPTER X. 



Insurrection of slaves in 1763, 193 — Fort Nassau blown up, 194 — Cruel 

 punishment of the insurgents, 195 — Aversion of the red men against the black, 

 195 — Gratitude of an Indian, 196 — Abary, 196 — Mahaica, 197 — Nocturnal 

 pastime, 198 — Mahaicony, 199 — Earthquake, theory of, 200 — Lime brought 

 from Eurqpe, 201 — Arabische coast, 202 — Ruins at the fort of Harlipyak, 202 

 — Pomaroon, 203 — Plaintain, 204 — Maize, 204 — Cotton, 205 — Negroes let 

 their labor on Sundays, 206 — Kapoya creek, 207 — Bamboo wanted, 207 — Ex- 

 ploiteurs not numerous enough, 208. 



CHAPTER XI. 



Excessive rage for making sugar-estates, 209 — Seasoned negroes, 210 — Short 

 apprenticeships sufficient among negroes, 211 — Fears of imported lads, 212 — 

 Story of Jem, 213 — Task-gangs, 215 — Timber-trade, 216 — History and descrip- 

 tion of a Dutch settler, 218 — Miss Quasheba Vos, 219 — General tendency of 

 remote settlers, 222 — Guyana adapted for the natives of lower Germany, 223 — 

 Success of Mr. Vos, 223 — Emigration recommended to young British far- 

 mers, 224. 



CHAPTER XII. 



Animals, 225 — Deer, called wirrebocerra and bajeer, 226 — Hogs, called 

 picaree and warree, 227 — Pucarara, 228 — Armadillo, 229 — Quato, 230 — Sae- 

 cawinkee, 231— Ai, 232— Laubba, 233— Alligator, 233 — Manati, 234^- 



