The Fkiar's Musical Box, 
hammocks upon which he ccrlainl.y placed a high enough value, proved a 
very welcome exchange. Having heard from the commandant that my 
brother on his return from Koraima, would be going to town, he asked 
him to bring back a few yards of black material for an altar-cloth, and 
two glass shades for the lami)S that were always kept burning in both his 
churches and which were being blown out every minute by the strong 
draughts. After nuiking this request, he brought out a large musical 
box which lie assured us had hitherto given the only right tunes for 
the Mass, heeause, without it, his Indians could now and never- 
more bring out the responses. For a long time past it had denied 
liim this service, but he trusted that ^\ e jacks-of-all-trades might be able 
to get the stubborn thing to work again. Tliis, however, Avas an 
impossitdlity because tlie rollers and springs were so worn away as to 
prevent any repairs being even thought about. He received this 
infoi-nialion almost with tears in his eyes, and, if only to cheer him up 
again a little, my brother* made him a present of a couple of bottles of 
wine which completely effected the purjiose intended. 
327. After a slay of sonic hours, he look Iris dcjtarluic for Hao 
Joatjuim, and \\v <-ontiniicd our journey u]» the Totinga. The turns of 
the river were continually gelling sliorlcr until at last, detlected 1>y the 
small mouuta'in W'anakara. rising on ils western shore, to almost a right 
angle oul of its soutlu^rly course, it lurned to tlie( east. Immediately 
above this bend, tlu^ Kiver Murawai Hows into the (Ndingaon its 
western bank. The 20 to :!0 ft. high red and wliite river-banks, formed 
of the iidusoi-ial clay, c(uistitute a veritable fairyland with the endless 
number of snuiU crystal-like cascades sprinkling out of their sides at 
about 3 or i ft. above water-level. Tliese are probaldy fed from tlie sheets 
of water in the savannah : they lend infinite ciuinn to the lands<-ape. 
o28. Up till now we had only had to contend against the strong 
current which on the 28tli Hepteniber. judging Crom the mass of Avhite 
foam-flakes that were wildly careering around, indicated tliat greater 
tasks were awaiting us. aud Aratiari, the HrsI rapids, soon came into 
view. After several liours of indescribable labour we fortuiuitely 
got the barrier behind us. Its rocks are nuviuly composed of gneiss 
containing little quartz but much felspar and alternates with large 
boulders of quite recent f(umation, a brown sandstone interspersed 
with small l)its of Jasper. The sandstone blocks again showed that 
peculiar glazed crust that we had noticed so frequently on the rocky 
masses in the Essequibo. We had only just made sm(»oth water Avhen we 
had to look around for a camp owing to Mv. Goodall being attacked with 
fever. The boundless savannah closed us in (ui the East, South, and 
West, while tlie bleak Pacaraima Range, to which we were ever getting 
nearer and nearer, tOAvered in front of us on the North. The grass 
]-eached a height of from 4 to (! ft. while the banks Avere bordered with 
mas.ses of Acanthaccoe. 
829. Xext morning Ave crossed ovei- to the mouth of the .Mawitzi 
which, emptying itsell' into the ("otinga fr<un the Xortli East, ivas its 
source in tlfe Pacaraima MountaiiKS where under cover of some immense 
