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Mi Broth EJi and I Pakt Again. 
tion might again prove on this occasion, hecause quite unknown country 
still Jay ))efore me, stern necessity and concern for the collections de- 
manded it. The 21st May was fixed upon for our departure : owing to the 
continued high level of the water my brother was prevented leaving the 
village until the 2nd June. The meteorological observations taken 
during this period gave the following results: 
Time. 
Instruments. 
Forenoon. 
Midday. 
' Afternoon 
6 a.m. 
9 a.m. 
3 p.m. 
6 pm. 
From 
Barometer ... 
Inches 
V9-S69 
Inches 
29-416 
Inches 
29-417 
Inches 
29-364 
Inches 
29 -558 
17lh 
May 
A-ttached 
Thermometer 
Degrees 
74 -64 
Degrees 
77-49 
Degrees 
83-47 
Degrees 
84-06 
Degrees 
79 -43 
to 
2nd 
June. 
i^ry Bulb 
Thermometer 
74-80 
77-36 
82-69 
83-55 
79-08 
•A^et Bulb 
Thermometer 
73-41 
75 -54 
79-41 
78-94 
76-40 
751. The highest reading of the thermometer was, in the shade, 
So. I'', the lowest 72". The blackened bulb, exposed to the sun, rose 
on 21st May at 11.30 a.m. up to 12.5-, the one not blackened to 113°, and 
the moist one to 93 \ As com])ared with a relative humidity of 68 
at rirara. the relative humidity hei-e was 73. P^'rom the 18th to the 27th 
May the wind blew steadily fi-om the Xorth, and then shifted over to an 
E. by N. and X. by E. direction. 
752. My brother fixed tlie position of Watu-Ticaba after 30 meri- 
dian fibservations of nlpha and i/diintid of the Great Bear and nJjilui of 
1he Pross at 1° 32' 2" lat. X. and 58° 59' 58" long. W. 
753. On the 21st iMay, ls\v. Fryer, myself, and some of the Macusis. — - 
the I'emainder were accompanying my brother — ^left friendly Watu- 
Tieaba after an uneasy farewell: equally as great dangers awaited them 
as us — it might easily be a good l>ye for life. In drenching rain we 
took the heavy road back to the landing-stage on the Awarra, where we 
found the boats, as well as the things stacked there, in exactly the same 
state as when we left them. In the meantime the water had fallen eon- 
siderably and the strong enrrent took us quicklv back to the Eunununi. 
and down its stream which was also once more limited by its 'banks. We 
got over Cuta-tarua Fall successfully, Imt searched in vain its highest 
crag for the mighty tree-ti-unk. The flood had reached right up to it, 
and carried it away. How extensive must the overflooded savannahs 
have been at this time! T found my ant-l>ear a finely prepared skeleton, 
)»ut unfortunately missed certain of the bones which some insatiable 
carrion crow may have flown away with. 
754. By the 23rd May we had already reached Kniaraton settle- 
ment and as on the occasion of my previous visit T had noticed a fine 
tame monkey there, I again tried to buy it. The house in which we had 
