Hunting Notes of a Bushman. 
trodden as a cattle-pen, show, maipuri (Tapir ameri- 
canus) and other animals. About a week's journey up 
the Cuyooni game, especially bush-hog and fish, is 
plentiful. There is abundance of game also on the Cor- 
entyn, above Orealla — good quail-shooting is to be had 
on the open savannah at Orealla itself — and on all the 
rivers running through the open savannahs ; the caboora- 
flies * are, however, a dreadful nuisance on the open 
lands and make a stay there anything but pleasant. 
From about half-past eight in the morning and 
throughout the heat of the day, the birds all cease feed- 
ing, to roost in the thickest trees and darkest parts of 
the forest, and they are then very difficult to find. This 
is true of the animals also, for these feed chiefly on fruit 
fallen from the trees. During the day, the bush-hogs 
dig shallow holes and lie in them ; and other animals lie 
under the branches of fallen trees. About five o'clock 
in the afternoon all begin to feed again. 
As regards weapons ; with a good No. 10 choke-bore, 
with No. 6 shot in the right barrel and 4^ drams powder, 
and \\ oz. No. AA shot in the left barrel, the sportsman 
is prepared for all the game he may meet in British 
Guiana. 
There are two kinds of wild hog, the kairoonie 
(Dicotyles labiatus) and the abouyah (D. torquatus) 
The former are the larger, and are frequently found in 
large droves of fifty or more, making so much noise that 
they are heard a long way off, the larger ones grunting 
and champing their teeth, the young ones squealing. 
When not frequently hunted, it is easy to approach 
* These annoying little flies (Simulium sp.J are, however, confined 
op the open lands to the immediate neighbourhood of water, — go, 
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