460 
CASSAVA  BREAD. 
the  specimens  were  perfectly  white  ;  in  others,  however,  the 
worms  had  made  some  way  in  their  repast  before  they  arrived 
in  England,  and  the  greater  number  of  samples  were  scorched 
and  burnt  by  some  accident  or  carelessness.  This  was  hardly 
a  way  to  procure  custom.  Had  good  specimens  of  the  bread, 
as  it  should  be  prepared  for  the  table,  been  sent  over,  the  arti- 
cle undoubtedly  would  have  met  with  a  more  welcome  recep- 
tion. It  is  not,  however,  too  late  to  try  the  experiment  again, 
the  more  especially  as  the  specimen  recently  imported  is  every- 
thing that  can  be  desired.  The  bread,  being  abundant,  is  cheap, 
and  may  be  purchased  at  the  rate  of  fourpence  for  a  dozen 
cakes.  It  is  also  light,  farinaceous,  and  pleasant  to  the  taste, 
and  altogether  worthy  of  obtaining  a  high  place  among  the 
luxuries  of  the  English  tea-table. 
I  have  no  doubt  but  that  when  emigration  becomes  more  a  mat- 
ter of  consideration  in  this  country,  and  Europeans  begin  to  be- 
lieve that  British  Guiana  is  not  such  a  seat  of  slavery  and  yel- 
low fever  as  is  commonly  supposed,  and  when  we  gain  the  labor, 
which  is  all  that  is  required,  and  when  the  produce  of  that  ter- 
ritory is  brought  more  before  the  British  public  than  it  has  hith- 
erto been,  the  colony  will  become  a  very  important  one  ;  for 
there  are  many  products  of  that  fertile  land,  of  which  the  Euro- 
pean knows  little  or  nothing ;  some  he  may  know  by  name,  and 
of  others  he  has  only  seen  small  samples.  No  country  on  the 
surface  of  the  globe  can  be  compared  with  Guiana  for  its  vigor 
and  luxuriance  of  vegetation.  There  is  a  constant  summer,  and 
the  rich  soil,  humid  climate,  and  congenial  temperature,  insure 
an  immense  and  rapid  growth  of  vegetation,  and  a  continued 
succession  of  leaves,  flowers,  and  fruits.  But  I  must  not  stray 
from  the  subject  of  the  cassava  to  other  products;  for  I  should 
be  led  away  to  numbers  indefinite,  of  which  my  faint  recollec- 
tion has  but  left  me  a  limited  knowledge.  As  I  am,  however, 
likely  to  return  to  the  colony,  I  hope  to  be  one  of  those  who  are 
doing  their  utmost  to  bring  the  products  of  the  West  before  the 
public  of  this  country.—  London  Pharm.  Journ.,  July  2,  I860, 
