C'HAPTEK X [. 
Journeij to ihc tiourccs of the FomcToon — Plautatioii) Anna Regina— - 
H ahits of üdiUch th ys coclatuH — 'Tapariwui — Aniplacro — Ponttroon, 
— Kaari-nurpo — Kuam uta ^eitle)ne)it — The Bodelsvh icinyla and the 
HyJa venulosa. Us OcrujKtut — F-Hiftaens niadafiasriirieiii^is — Month, 
of the ySuruni — Akn pdN tori 'yettJeinent — Arntla Settlc'inerit — - 
Traditions of the Curihs : ihcir Habits; and Ciist<nns — Caziqne Mahan- 
arca — Effeets of Clihadiiini (ispcriini — VypJiorhiii us cantdns — Retio'n' 
to Ar raid — IStrychnos to.iifc.ra on the t<iirnni- — Huntiny Vnii) on. tlir, 
Coast ncdr the Pomeroon Month — Mouth of the Morocco — Morocco 
M ission — Cdiyptiaitl/ies ohinsn — W arid ii in ryes — ulo alld nni nan, 
— Bdsin of the Kaniicattd , Jieaia, etc. — Bdrama — Triplaris 
americava — A l aicai SettJetn en t Firisd )i a — CUirih Hct i Ic men t Caridra 
■—Podinema Teyai.fin- — Wdini — Sdudbank — Fune'ral Ceremony of 
the Aran-dl-s, Family Rides, Marriaye Rules — Xyetipittieeiis tririr- 
yatits — J'ctarn to Georyeton'-n. 
701. ^fy bi'othei- hnd not vet rotiinied fi-oni Iiis ('X]>('(lition. Amongst 
tlie mnnv letters tlint I f'onnd waitiiip; for mo from Gcnnaiiy were but a 
few that IjTonglit me any clieert'ul news to raise tlie natural depression 
consequent on the commeneing fever. Tt attael^ed me all of a sudden 
whilst packing my collections, which T was anxious to forward to Berlin 
by the fii-st outgoing shi]i. and made me take to my lied : liexl 1(» yellow 
fever it was the toughest dose I had ever lund to bear. 
792. When T had once more pulled myself together a bit. the doctors 
insisted upon my leaving the unhealthy city at once: their orders were' 
gladly obeyed because T had ah^eady made up my mind, while lying sick, 
to go up the Pomeroon to its source and then canw out ray trip to the 
Orinoco. The portion of niy collections that did not require stich strict 
supervision were put on board the Tleoi^atra, which hap|)ene<l to be 
again in port, and I made all preparations for my trip. While doing so. 
Stöckle quite unexpectedly entered my room one day wiili his broad 
"Oriisch Oott" (Ood liess you) : havinc heard of inv intentions he iiad 
come to ask me to take him on. His offer was particularly acceptable, 
"because up till now he had always lent a helping hand in all my labours, 
though I was surprised at his wanting to do so. Full of astonishment 
as to what it was that had made him think of leaving his wifo and 
business for so long a period and exposing himself afresh to all the ups 
and downs of such a journey, it appeared that he wanted a small sum of 
money, and as such an expedition afforded him no opportunity of 
spending his wages, his inventive head had quickly taken the resolution 
of hastening to town with the provision schooner and oft'ering me his 
services. I was only too pleased to accept them, and from that moment 
on, Stöckle was again my amanuensis under the same conditions as 
before: I gave him another coloured man to assist him. The chief object 
of the trip was to replace as far as possible the losses that, through no 
