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The Travellers' Eest. 
873. lu company with tliire Warraiis of Avliom one spoke tolerable 
Englisli, I left Kiiamuta ou 7th October and continued my journey along 
the itabbo. The water had become so shallow that we had to shove the 
boat along most of the way which, Avith a temperature of 88" F. in the 
shade, was more than tifiiiy. Ca1 i/ptnuitlirs obinxa si ill continued to 
border the oases. We tinally' reached the Kamwatla ami soon after 
tliat tlie Barabara, which flowed ab)no in between a forest shade of green 
so dark tJuit tlie sunsliine couhl only pierce it in a few places. I soon 
entered the realm of orcliids because froni the trunks and branches of 
tlie giant trees there soon smiled at me the fantastic blooms of Mawil- 
laria, Oncidia, PlrurolJidllis, Zi/fioprfahi ni^ etc., amongst Avhich neither 
the pretty white-lilossoming OrnilhUliKm nUntm Hook, nor the beautiful 
Conjanthcs was wanting. .\mi<lst this varied plenilixle of flower, we 
]n-oceeded into the lieara, on the left bank of which we found several 
shelters for travellers { Reisdi iittni ) , \\ lii< h we heartily w<'lconied be- 
cause we knew by experience hoAV difficult it was to find a dry spot in 
wliich to pass tlie night: these structures were buill a platform 
s<'veral feet above the ground. While engaged in making ready for 
otir night's lodging, a countless swarm of Cassir-ii.'^ viridis Vieill. pur- 
sued its garnilons and noisy coui'se through the trees over our heads. 
These birds also stick together after the breeding season and cross the 
forests in search of fi-uits. The enchanting notes of the C^i phorhiniis 
canfnnx which found echoes in every bush woke ime out of a deep sleep: 
it was Just as if one wanted 1o tell the olher that the early morn was 
already dawning, ;ind tbat it was also lime 1o begin the day's work. 
Uy daybreak A\e found to otir astonishnuMit that we were completely 
surrounded by wafer Avliich had reached Ihe flof»r of the house: the 
washing tide was still so marked altliough 15 nantic;il miles distant in 
a straight line from the Waini mouth. The commencing ebb bore us 
through stately palm-forests rapi^lly down ihe Beara into the Barimani, 
and V/aini. The waters of the Waini, even at its junction with the 
Barimani. proved so salty that we were unable to drink it, and hence 
mangrove and curida-l»ush likewise constituted the vegetation of the 
banks. 
874. We followed the Waini upstream and after searching in vain 
until sundown for a dry place to camn at, we finally put into one of 
the many small creeks on the ridit bank. alouQ- the vising sloiies of which 
we found after a while a suitable and dry spot. The night was one of 
the most racking that T experienced in Guiana. Itecause the thick swarms 
of mosquitoes punished us to distraction. Lying doAvn was Vjtiite out 
of tlie question : indeed even tlie smoke in which we enveloped ourselves 
by -heaping green timbers on the fire, could not scare away tKe blood- 
thirsty devils. The whole of onr Itodies next morning was bitten and 
swollen. 
875. The banks of the Waini i-etained theiT- monofouous character. 
In the course of the forenoon Ave ])assecl the mouth of the Moribo which, 
as is knoAvn, forms an excellent connecting channel with the Barima. 
About four miles farther on, it is joined on the eastern bank by the 
Canyaballi: two miles higher up on the same shore, the Great Canya- 
