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Waikas and that it was also connected witli tlie upper Barima by means 
of several forest creeks of which, a large number poured here into the 
main stream. 
4S0. We would have searched again in vain to-day for a place to 
camp in, and have therefore had to continue travelling all night through 
torrents of rain, had not our boat-hands exerted their very utmost to 
reach t lie Warrau settlement of Honobo if possible before sundown. 
481. The son was still on the edge of the horizon when the dull thud 
of Indian drums and the distant sound of distracted singing were wafted 
to us on the breeze. The first notes to be recognised worked like an elec- 
1 ric shock on the muscles and nerves of our paddlers: the boats sped fast 
towards the tempting tune and the delicate ears of our Indians soon di- 
vined that the Warraus were gathered for a drinking party. The gal- 
lant pullers, dumb and sullen up to then, felt cheered at the prospect of 
the Paiwari awaiting them, and naturally encouraged one another to be- 
st ir themselves. 
482. We soon reached on the left shore the mouth of the Honobo, 
a small forest stream on live bank of which the settlement of the same 
name was situate. The high level of the water rendered it easier for us 
to follow its snake-like course and after a short while Honobo village lay 
before us on a small hummock. As our Indians recognised the first 
house-roof, they burst into a general shout to notify the residents that 
fresh guests were about to glorify the feast. This attracted the villa- 
gers in a body to the landing, where they greeted us with a turmoil of 
wild delight. In the centre of the company we noticed a figure in Euro- 
pean clothes, on either side of whom stood a man with a drum, and the 
closer we came the louder they beat their instruments. 
483. In the midst of this deafening din, we jumped ashore where we 
were welcomed by the dressed-up individual, chief Marawari, who im- 
mediately stepped forward from out the midst of liis wives. The firdt 
look at him showed that the Paiwari had preserved its strength and al- 
most overpowered him. Some of his spouses had also allowed themselves 
to be so carried away in the general rejoicings that they found it just as 
difficult to keep their balance as their lord and master. Accompanied by 
the tottering and staggering populace we reached the settlement that con- 
sisted of five houses surrounded with flourishing provision-fields. On 
looking round the buildings, of which, at the invitation of the chief, we 
were to pick one for our stay, we noticed several individuals who had al- 
ready become a sacrifice to the awful brew, and succumbing to it, had 
betaken themselves back into their quarters. Scared at the sight, we were 
just about to pitch our tent when the wild screams of a Avoman once more 
excited our curiosity and led us to one of the houses where Ave heard a 
buckeen raving inside a closed hammock. We learnt from Marawari 
that it was one of his loving wives who had drunk more than she could 
carry : when the sewn-up duenna noticed that strangers Avere close by, she 
started yelling still louder and at the same time exebted all her strength 
to free herself from out of her straight-jacket. The lord and master 
seemed to have learnt from repeated experience the most effectual pallia- 
tive method for mitigating her awful screams. He set the hammock 
rocking violently, a movement that Avas further increased by the obstin- 
acy of the beauty inside. The shrieks of the prisoner became ever vveak- 
