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My Brother's Return. 
another, because soon, after our departure he got into the clutches of 
Matoz, the Boundai'y Commissioner, who bought everything he possessed 
and promised, as soon as he got back to Para, to send him a draft on the 
Colonial Bank in Georgetown, This order, however, had not arrived up 
to the time of my departure for Europe, just like the seven baskets of 
farinha for which Captain Leal was still indebted to us. 
027. Moore, avIio until now had been cook, seized the opportunity 
offered by the return of tlie one corial to hasten back to his beloved coast 
with all its rest and repose. His contract had expired, but lie liad long 
ago had enough of the hardships, troubles and sufferings, and the 225 
dollars which he had earned in the 15 months, appeared to him an ample 
sum upon which he could henceforth lead a leisurely life. Tiedge was 
now the only one left and he also did not wish to accompany us farther : 
after my brother's arrival he Avanted to visit Georgetown where he 
was anxious to earn still more with what he had already saved. They 
left us convinced that tliey were going to be rich people, only to meet me 
on my return to Georgetown with the shame-faced avowal that they 
were again just as poor as before. German had cheated German of his 
bitterly earned wages, while coloured people had wasted that of their 
own colour. Moore alone had made honest use of his by buying a piece 
of land on the Demerara, that supported him comfortably. A few days 
after the latter's departure two of my brother's boathands whom he had 
despatched ahead in a light corial from Haiowa, brought us the news 
that he had arrived : we hastily left for Wai-ipnkari Inlet to give him a 
welcome. On 24th March he landed with his three large corials and h'is 
'Arekunas, weakened with dysentery, who had accompanied him from 
Roraima. The greater part of the iHiggage was stored in the house of 
an Indian of our acquaintance who had settled here, and only what was 
most absolutely necessary taken to Pirara, so that a commencement 
might be made with the survey of tlie eastern boundary as soon as 
possible. Tiedge also returned to GeorgetoT\Ti with the coloured men 
who had enlaced with my brother as captaius. 
628. Sufi&ciently convinced from our travels on the Cotinga that 
the Indians were far from knowing how to handle big craft too Avell and 
that the savannah folk were in no sense such good boathands as the 
coastal tribes it was proposed that those returning home should show up 
again at Pirara at the beginning of June. My brother had received 
instructions in Georgetown to map out now the eastern border of British 
Guiana, i.e., the one facing Surinam. The Corentyn had already been 
stipulated as the boundary, but the upper portions of this river and its 
source were still absolutely unknown. Mr. Fryer and I were anxious 
to accompany the expedition as far as the spot where the laborious 
journey over the mountains commenced, and then return to Pirara and 
fetch the collections left behind, collections which, in view of past 
experiences, I would never again trust to strange hands at any price. 
To transport them however over the range, together with the luggage 
and the provisions for the expedition, required at least 00 to 80 Indians, 
but whether we should find so great a number certainly remained very 
doubtful. 
