Farewell, Roüaima, Forever ! 219 
1842. 
Time. 
Water. 
Tliemiometer in fsuii, 

20 iNüveuiber, 
n a.ui. 
69 
80 
l'> 
74.5 
75.7 
11 
72.7 
78 
12 ,. 
72 
81 
1 p,m. 
66 
78.5 
82.7 
2 
3 ., 
68 
82 
70 
71.5 
74 
5 „ 
68.5 
77.5 
6 „ 
65 
67 
Mean of Meteorological Observations. 
Total. 
-s- No. of observation. 
= Average. 
Barometer 
33,346,72 
64 
617.53 
Attacked Thermometer ... 
816.4 
47 
17.30 
Dry Bulb 
2,907.3 
^ 47 
61.80 
Wet Bulb 
2,874.6 
+ 47 
61.10 
ISi. The luclians giailly leceived the orders for striking camp on 
the morning- of 22nd November. They had never felt so miserable in a»l 
their lives as they did in this damp raw clin.ace My comprehensive 
collection of living orchids had been prudently packed in baskets the 
day before, after the bout of fever. We were just on the point of leaving 
when all the clouds unexpectedly dispersed, and Roraima, bathed in the 
dazzling morning sunshine, towered above us with the burden of his 
song: "Gaze once more upon my imiwessive grandeur before we pait for 
ever." Mute and wiith a full heart, I gazed on high and impressed his 
grandeur upon my memory for all time. The valley became veiled again 
with an enchanting winter white . A humble, a sad farewell, and I took 
my leave of Mt. Roraima . 
485. With the morning sunshine increasing in warmth and in 
between plants, bushes and trees wet with dew, we climbed down the 
mountain base. At the foot, the other party turned off to the eastward, 
Avhile I, with some Indians who carried my treasures, made for Our 
Village, which I reached at sundown, exhausted with a fresh attack of 
fever. The sounds of a merry gathering greeted me already at a distance 
l)ecause new occupants had during our absence attached themselves to 
the old: the number of huts had increased by four. Kate's poor husband 
liad come out to meet me quite a hundred paces from the village, tlie 
whole of his body covered with roucu, the sign of mourning among the 
Macusi: he led me by the hand to his beloved wife's grave which had 
been dug close to the settlement beneath some Curatella trees. The occu- 
pants had abandoned the house wherein she had died. 
