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STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF THE 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



OF GUYANA IN GENERAL — WHAT CAN BE DONE FOR GUY- 

 ANA? — OCCUPY CAYENNE NEGOTIATE WITH PORTUGAL 



FOR THE CESSION OF THE NORTHERN BANK OF THE MA- 



RANYO RESTORE BUENOS AYRES TO SPAIN FOR THE 



MORE VALUABLE DISTRICTS ALONG THE ORINOKO IN- 

 CREASE THE SPLENDOR OF THE INTERIOR GOVERNMEN- 



' TAL ESTABLISHMENT — SURVEY THE COUNTRY SCIENTI- 

 FICALLY IMPORT CHINESE COLONISTS. ' 



VJTUYANA has a form nearly triangular, and is computed to 

 contain a quarter of a million of square miles. It is bounded 

 on the north-east by the Atlantic ocean ; on the south by the 

 Maranyo, or river of Amazons, and on the west by the river 

 Orinoko. In a journey through the interior of South Ame- 

 rica, performed in 1743, Condamine learned the singular fact 

 that the Orinoko sends several branch-streams into the Ma- 

 ranyo, although their principal mouths are above seven hun- 

 dred miles asunder. Of these branches the Yupura is com- 

 monly considered as forming the western verge of Guyana, 

 which is thus completely insulated, and is probably circumna- 



