Il6 TlMEHRI. 
we bave a larger amount of labour at command. It is 
true that the labourer of Cayenne is by his habits and 
training better adapted to bush life than are Creoles, but 
the population of French Guiana is small and scattered. 
Another reason and perhaps a more cogent one is that 
we are more favoured geographically. One has only to 
look at the map of the colony to discern the wonderful 
advantages accorded to Bartica by its geographical situa- 
tion. Located at the point of the great peninsula formed 
by the Essequebo and the Massaruni, it not only commands 
access to these rivers but also to the Cuyuni and Puruni 
whose embouchures are not far distant. 
Each one of these rivers is gold producing and may be 
expected to produce large quantities of gold for many 
years to come. 
