Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . ascent of the Potaro, but a small launch runsabove the rapids a few miles to Potaro Landing to supply a gold-mining company. A trip up the Essequibo to the Eupununi cattleregion of the southern part of the colony is said to take a minimumof three weeks from Georgetown. A railroad runs along the coastfrom Georgetown to Eosignol opposite New Amsterdam, and anotherfrom Vreed-en-Hoop, opposite Georgetown, to Parika on the Esse-quibo. In the immediate vicinity of the coast there are good auto-mobile roads. The climate is strictl
Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . ascent of the Potaro, but a small launch runsabove the rapids a few miles to Potaro Landing to supply a gold-mining company. A trip up the Essequibo to the Eupununi cattleregion of the southern part of the colony is said to take a minimumof three weeks from Georgetown. A railroad runs along the coastfrom Georgetown to Eosignol opposite New Amsterdam, and anotherfrom Vreed-en-Hoop, opposite Georgetown, to Parika on the Esse-quibo. In the immediate vicinity of the coast there are good auto-mobile roads. The climate is strictly tropical, but is tempered by the trade mean monthly rainfall at Georgetown is as follows (1880-1912): January February __j March April 7. 25 May » June 12. 06 July. v i i August September October November December Total „ 296 ANNUAL, KEPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1919. It will be seen from this that there are two wet and two dryseasons, though these are not very sharply defined. The long dry. Fig. 2.—The colony of British Guiana. season from August to November is usually to be depended upon, butthe other seasons vary. On the lower Essequibo the rainfall may FLORA OF BRITISH GUIANA—HITCHCOCK. 297 rise to over 150 inches, while in the savanna region of the south itmay fall to 50 inches. The temperature near the coast is very uniform. The mean maxi-mum (Fahrenheit) is 83° in the winter and 87° in the summer, whilethe mean minimum ranges between ° and °. In the hottestpart of the year, the long dry season, August to November, thetemperature (shade) rarely goes higher than 88° and at night fallsto about 80°. In the winter it rarely falls below 74° and usuallyrises only to 82° to 84°. The temperature in the sun is strikinglyhigh in contrast (140° to 145°). The humidity is always high. Be-cause of this it is uncomfortable to be out of the air currents. Thehouses are raised on pillars and
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