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not occurred. We get our goods into a shore boat, and 
pull for Bartica. A drizzle is on : one ot those weird things 
that DORE loved to picture — a mist, yet of such a nature 
that one can see through it a broad sheet of water, high 
land, canoes, boats, &c. on the water, with their forms 
seen refle&ed far down as refleftions can be seen 
only in the Essequebo. Above all is a brilliant rainbow ; 
beyond, the Grove ; behind, the castle-like Penal Settle- 
ment. Surely these sum up a picture that makes the 
blood course in heated race ! Such is our feeling as 
bountiful nature appears so wonderful, so grand, so 
beautiful, and so impressive. 
We land at the Grove and put up at one of the hotels, 
where we find the cuisine if not as good as we get in 
our own homes, yet palatable and cleanly served. There 
is not much time for viewing the Grove, and we turn in 
to bed. We sleep soundly and heavily, and are awaken- 
ed by one of the neighbours, for up here we drop the 
hauteur de rigueur for the hail-fellow well-met. Drinks 
are given and taken with those one would not mix with 
in one's club. We are only gold-diggers when in the 
bush, yea more than mere diggers, we are neighbours in 
every sense of the word, helping each other and tending 
each other, knowing that each is a man and a brother, 
and that when stricken with fever, or other illness, each 
is helped by the other. 
Not having engaged our boat hands, we next morning 
look about. Here comes a poser ! How are we to get 
on without a captain ? There are several who offer their 
services as captains or bowmen, but we do not take 
them : some are Indians who do not know how to take 
a boat over the falls ; and the majority, merely pullers 
