A t)AüRAi (Atorai) Settlement. 
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teevcral (lays to come suppliod <hem with the most delicious moruiiif; 
drink. The large fruits usually «Mulosed 60 to 70 seeds, which were cer- 
tainly larger than those of the cultivate*! tree, but not so thick. Soon after 
noon they reached a Daurai settlement, which my brother had already 
visited on his journey to the sources of the Essequibo in the years 1837-8. 
Though six years had barely lapsed since he had known this settlement 
as a village Avith 40 residents, his party had already now to fight their 
way in to the i-uiiu'd houses with an axe. The inliahil;ni(s had died down 
to two adults and a few child i-en, but these last survivors of a on<*e 
extensive tribe had abandoned the disastrous place. The sa'me was the 
case with a Tarunia settlenuMit they had hope<l to I'eaeh on the Sth. 
The Cuyuwini lay in front of them, but the houses which the settlers 
had erected anew on the other side had «lisappeared. The Tarumas 
seem to devote themselves a good deal to the cultivation of sugar-cane of 
which they offered my brother considerable quantities for barter. The 
want of carriers forced the party to stay here longer than they had 
intended, because the places of those required had first to be filled. 
During the period 13th to 15th June the thermometer in the sun rose 
to 132^ ; in the shade at 1 o'clock it registered 91.2''. According to 28 
circum-mendian altitudes of northern and southern stars, the position 
of the village was 2° r 30" lat. N. and 58° 40' 4" long. Wj. 
911. Fifty -six thermometric and barometnc readings that were 
taken during their stay gave the following results : — 
Instrument. 
Mean. 
Highest. 
Lowest. 
Remarks. 
Barometer 
Attached 
Thermometer 
Inches 
29*270 
12th June 
)1.30 a.m. 
29.316 
14th June 
6 a.m. 
29.191 
The greatest diff- 
erence on one and 
the same day 
amounted to 19*3 
degrees for the 
thermometer and 
0*118 inches for 
the barometer. 
degrees 
79-68 
13th June 
11.30 a.m. 
90-8 
10th June 
10 a.m. 
70-3 
Thermometer 
Dry Bulb 
Wet Bulb 
79 -92 
76.92 
91-2 
83.7 
705 
69-6 
The eva])oration of the Avater on 12th June, from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. 
amounted to 252 grammes in the 1,000, i.e. equal to 2.52 mm. or .098 
inches in 12 hours. Das Resultat von 100 Schwingungen bei 881° ergab 
am 13 Juni 2m. 535,08 \k La, und 3 m. 425 bei 90° p. Lb.* 
912. The village was quite surrounded with woodland, the nearest 
savannah some 30 miles northerly. According to Bnnten's barometer it 
was situate 745 feet above sea-level. 
*T have gi\ eii the sentence in tlie orii^'inal. it beino nnintelligilile to me. (FA.) 
