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feed the various animals. The parrots and monkeys are 
turned into the trees ; the other animals are released from 
their cages ; and any water birds which may happen to 
be of the party are thrown into the water to enjoy a 
swim. Yet next morning the animals are all ready, as 
soon as are their masters, to be packed into the canoes 
and start once more on the journey. 
Of course many dogs are included in the live stock of 
every Indian settlement, though no mention of them has 
been made in the preceding pages. Cats, except in very 
rare cases among the Arawack Indians, who are half- 
civilised and live much among white men and black, are 
unknown. And of other animals such as are commonly 
seen domesticated among us, Indians have none. Once, 
when travelling with a party of Guiana Indians on 
certain cattle farms in Brazilian territory, I was much 
amused by their behaviour at first sight of horses, cows, 
pigs and turkeys. 
It has been said that eventually many of the Indians' 
animals are brought down into civilized regions and dis- 
posed of to white men. Travelling Indians generally arrive 
in Georgetown in their canoes, having come down some 
one of the rivers and then coasted along the shore until 
they reached the mouth of the Demerara River, on which 
Georgetown stands. A considerable export trade in tame 
animals is carried on, chiefly by the Portuguese shop- 
keepers, from Georgetown to Europe and North America. 
As soon as a canoe load of Indians with their live stock 
is seen approaching the mouth of the river, rival Portu" 
guese dealers put off in boats to meet them and bargain 
against each other for the whole stock of birds and ani- 
