A Journey up the Cuyuni. 129 
" Rurreewa." The men carrying the small boat over 
the rocks, at 1 1 a.m. we came to water sufficient to float 
her. From there I went on in the small boat with two 
men, often having to carry the boat over the rocks for 
considerable distances. On two of the rocks at Rurreewa, 
at about the level of the water when the creek is full, 
were drawings of frogs — several on one rock and one 
on another. They were about 9 ins. long, and seem to 
have been made by rubbing on the rock with some 
harder substance. Many, on the larger rock, had be- 
come detached by the scaling of the granite. About 
a mile above these there is another drawing of a 
frog on a rock, differing from the others in that it has 
a line down its centre and another of about four inches 
long from its mouth upward to the left. The Accawoi 
Indians call these drawings Parrah-coosa, from Parrah 
a frog. They knew nothing of their origin, but that 
they were made many moons since. At 4, p.m., we 
passed the first Accawoi houses on this creek. One 
of the Indians here spoke Spanish. The savannah 
opens down to the creek a little below this place, on the 
opposite side. On the 5th, at 7 a.m., we saw several 
Venezuelans camped on the rocks. They civilly enough 
asked what we had to sell, and eventually begged for 
some ammunition and tobacco. About a mile farther we 
came to a landing apparently of some importance. The 
path leads from this over the savannah to Cayou, which 
is the nearest Venezuelan town or village. About a mile 
from the landing along the path is the nearest house, 
FRANCISCO'S. It is a two days' journey over the savannah 
along this path to Cayou. From Francisco the savannah 
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