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and left them till my return to town, in a cool spot 
in the forest at Kalacoon. The third day we left 
Kalacoon, at mid-day and proceeded up the river. 
Again proceeding slowly along shore, another Hatie 
tree was met with, standing alone, about a mile from 
our starting point, blooming even more profusely than 
those previously seen. Being fully exposed to the sun 
and isolated, its leaves were much more membranous 
than those of its specimens already gathered ; so I took 
from it another set. Our progress was very slow. The 
bank of the river abounded with a great variety of 
plants in flower. A beautiful species of Vanilla (V. 
aromaticd) with slender cord-like stems, and large 
singularly shaped flowers producing slender finger-like 
pods, which, however, appeared only slightly aromatic, 
grew commonly from branch to branch, and hung 
in festoons from their ends. Among the rocks at the 
water-side, a large -flowered species of Eugenia, covered 
with pink apple-like bloom, was found now and again. 
In attempting to pull some specimens, down came a 
shower of the fugitive petals, leaving the tree shorn of 
much of its beauty. As evening was closing in, after a 
short pull across the river, we reached the settlement of 
Cartaboo in advance of a heavy squall which was coming 
up from the Essequibo. This settlement is chiefly occu- 
pied by half-breeds. This spot is one of the oldest occu- 
pied places in the colony, and possesses some of the largest 
mango, bread-fruit, and avocado-pear trees I have seen. 
A family being absent and their benab vacant, we were 
permitted to take possession of it for the night. In the 
morning, while the water was low, I explored the shore 
