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fortunate creatures would not have been sent to the Pome- 
roon Post. The Post-holder being a Government officer, 
it was thought the lepers would be better looked after 
and their wants better supplied, which I am sure was the 
case ; but look at the sacrifice ! Until I had taken the 
census of the whole district, namely— Pomeroon, Moruca» 
Waini, Barima and all their tributaries I was ignorant 
of the extent of the disease ; but having visited each 
Indian settlement I couldn't longer be deceived. Pome- 
roon being considered the most important outpost in the 
colony, the Government of that day supplied the post- 
holder with a sailing boat, which, as I'll shortly explain, 
was found to be very useful ; besides a crew, monthly, of 
fifteen Warrau Indians. As the lepers were not kept sepa- 
rate, the intercourse between them and these Indians was 
of frequent occurrence, and the spread of the disease is not 
to be wondered at. The Indians were to cultivate 
plantains and other vegetables, at the same time to be at 
the beck and call of the Postholder whenever their ser- 
vices were required as boatmen. 
The utility of supplying the Postholder of Pomeroon 
with a sailing boat will now be explained : — 
John COZIER, (Dutch), whose appearance was distin- 
guished by his wearing a double night cap made 
of red woollen yarn. When the cap was opened and 
stretched to its full length it measured fifty inches. 
Part was applied as a covering to his head, the remainder 
was used as a covering to his face to protect him from 
mosquitoes. On one occasion, a Spaniard ascended 
Pomeroon in his launch, as high as " Hope and Success," 
John Cozier's property, then under cotton cultivation. 
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