The Disappointed Tuader. 
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Amyris amhrosiaca Liuu. the fragrant Conima resin. Among Humi- 
riaccae, Jfumirium {Alyriodendi'oji) florihundum is icnown for its 
Umiri balsam. Various species of flhis'm also su])]>ly resins: among 
Hypericeae, V-ismia f/uiancnftis Pers. fnruislies («niiii guttae. Among 
Sophoreae we found in 2° 32' lat. an entire forest of .Myroxylon 
toltiifcra Hunib. Eonp : the natives had threaded the SAveetrscented 
seeds into necklaces. 
(323. Of trees possessing vegetable oils, I need mention but the 
Carapa guiancnsis Aubl., Lecythis Zahucayo Aubl. and Catmga 
moschata Awhl. The oil from the seed-capsules of the last mentioned has 
an nucommonlv strong musk scent. The seeds of the MyrisUca 
sehifera when thrown in boiling water give a vegetable tallow which is 
used in the colony for lighting purposes. I am omitting the dye-woods 
and tanning inaterials of Guiana because an account of them would take 
too long. 
024. With Lout and hopes of lietter times the end of March came 
round and Ave daily expected to receive news of my brother having 
reached Wai-ipukari Inlet. We already thought our expectations ful- 
filled on seeing some Indians in cotton shirts coming from that direction 
to Pii'ara. We joyfully hastened to meet them only to learn that a 
coloured man, Levingston [?Livingstone] had arrived at the Inlet with 
two large craft not only to barter with the Brazilians on the Rio Branco 
but also with the Indians from Pirara, amongst whom he still expected 
to find a considerable portion of the cash that had been brought here by 
the military. The speculation was keen and daring, and astonished us. 
In Ill's letter, which the bucks brought us, Livingstone asked us to send 
him a horse, as he was naturally lame and could not cover the distance 
on font. The enterprising trader arrived some days later with his 
Iiidinus and coloured folk, Iiis lioxes and cases: he also brought news 
from my brother who would l;e following him in a fcAV days, as well as 
a number of letters from home. 
C^'2T). Levingston was not n littl-^ sur])rised to find Pirar-a an empty 
Indian village instead of a po]uilnTs and thriving one, and his keenly 
constructed castles in the air commenced to fall : as a matter of fact, 
within a few days he knew for certain that his speculation was doomed 
to failure. 
G2ß. Even when his ]u esence again enticed a number of Indians t.) 
Pirara, there was only but a little cash offering for his magnificent 
wares, and so as not to have to retui-n to Georgetown with what he hnd 
brought up, he was forced to do business in hammocks, cotton, letter- 
wood, sweet-scented resins, dogs, parrots, etc. His other idea of going 
to the Rio Branco with his " trade " was also knocked on the head be- 
cause he had no pass from the President at Para, without which the 
commandant at Fort F^ao .Toaquim did not dare let anyone proceed. 
Though Gaptain Leal and Friar Jose already appeared at Pirara some 
days later as Imyers, our Avarnings had ncA'crtheless mnde LcAingston so 
suspicious that without further guarantee he declined the proposal of 
both 2;entlemen to let thorn bnv the whole lot, in return for which they 
wonld then forward him considerable quantities of sarsaparilla, copaiva, 
balsam, tapioca, etc. lie escaped this trap however only to fall into 
