WANDERINGS 
IN 
SOUTH AMERICA. 
-“nec herba, nec latens in asperis 
Radix fefellit me locis.” 
In the month of April, 1812 , I left the town of first 
Stabroek, to travel through the wilds of Demerara- 1 — 
and Essequibo, a part of ci-devant Dutch Guiana, 
in South America. 
The chief objects in view, were to collect a quantity its object, 
of the strongest Wourali j3oison • and to reach the 
inland frontier fort of Portuguese Guiana. 
It would be a tedious journey for him who wishes 
to travel through these wilds, to set out from Sta¬ 
broek on foot. The sun would exhaust him in his 
attempts to wade through the swamps, and the 
mosquitos at night would deprive him of every 
hour of sleep. 
The road for horses runs parallel to the river, but 
it extends a very little w r ay, and even ends before 
the cultivation of the plantation ceases. 
The only mode then that remains, is to proceed 
by water ; and when you come to the high lands, 
