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owing to the arrival of the police boat which fortunately was not looking 
for him, but had other business to attend to : its appearance there 
however, had made him all the more cautious, for it was easy for a 
second one to follow with a warrant of apprehension. When therefore 
in the evening all the luggage had been packed in the boats he hurried 
off ahead again in a corial to the farther side of the first Rapids where we 
w r ere to signal our arrival to him with two cannon shots. 
700. With the firing of the Station’s cannon, and our flags flying, 
among which the white and black one of Prussia fluttered gaily from 
the stern of the “Elizabeth” we left our pleasant host, and making our way 
up the Essequibo gave an equally hearty response to the farewell of the 
Bartika Grove residents which we heard from over the water that now 
was as clear as a looking-glass. Once past Bartika Grove the stream 
turned for a stretch of about seven miles, as far as Sacarura Point, 
towards the S.S.E., and then ran an uninterrupted course of GO miles to 
the S. and S.S.E., in connection with which the Mazaruni, its tributary, 
and the Demerara flowed parallel with it at distances of 12 miles west 
and 15 miles east, respectively. 
701. The farther we pushed our wav the more luxurious became the 
vegetation : along the western bank which we followed, were at the same 
time to l>e seen certain noticeable elevations. On these rises the 
friendly settlements of coloured people were everywhere visible amidst 
thick groups of Guilielma speciosa, Maximiliana reqia and Cocos micifera 
( Coconut) which, on account of their nuts, are diligently cultivated by 
the coloured folk and Indians. But these settlements also soon came to 
an end, and only in isolated spots did a timber getter’s establishment 
make a conspicuous display from out of the lusciously verdant virgin 
forest where its proprietor found unlimited scope for his industrial 
activities. That Albion who rules the waves knows so little of her 
treasures even up to now is particularly shewn by the fact that the 
excellent timbers suitable for ship-building offered by Guiana have been 
left absolutely untouched.* 
702. On the following morning we reached Osterbeeke Point or 
Monkey’s Waist, and with it at the same time the first continuous chain 
of hills from the coast-line which here narrows the stream to 100 yards, 
also the reason for its other name of Narrow Pass: the bed otherwise 
generally possesses an average width of from 1 to 1 : | miles. At Mr. 
Patterson’s establishment we came across the last house but one built 
by European hands. Two large corials that lay at the Stelling were 
recognised by the coloured men as the property of . Missionary Youd, 
who proposed to join us here and then once again gather up around him 
* — Besides the Mora excelsa the following genera are especially suitable for ship building 
and for timbers : Guatleria Ouregou Dun., Carvocar glabrum Pers., Sloanea sinemariensix Aubl., 
Cedrela odurata Linn.. Tapura puianensis Aubl., Xanthoxglon her map h rod Hum Willd., Sidero.rglon 
inerme Linn , Epemafalcata Aubl., Tachigalia paniculata Aubl., Andira inermix Humb. Bonp„ 
Dial i am d ivaricatum Vahl , Maerolobinm bifolium Pers., M. snh leroearpvm Willd , Swarfzia 
tomentoxa DeC.. Petrorarga mnntana Willd., P. campexlris Willd., Banaxxa gaianenxix Aubl., 
Dioxpurox Parafei Steud,, IjobaUa pedit nevlata Willd., Pariroa g r an di flora Aub , Minquartia 
qua »easts Aubl., Barreria fheobromaefol ia Willd., and Carapa guianensix Aubl., not to mention 
the large number of those that have not even been noticed by the colonists themselves. 
