. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. INHABITANTS OF GUIANA. 43 fathers and Indian mothers, and consequently any inferences drawn from their appearance would be fallacious. Some few words of the African negro or Bantu dialects are said to have been preserved in the language of the Maroons, which has an English basis with a very large Portuguese element. Next in order of importance come the Dutch and French contributions, all uttered with the thick soft African pronunciation, and connected together by an extremely simple syntax. But this primitive jargon is gradually yielding to the cu
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. INHABITANTS OF GUIANA. 43 fathers and Indian mothers, and consequently any inferences drawn from their appearance would be fallacious. Some few words of the African negro or Bantu dialects are said to have been preserved in the language of the Maroons, which has an English basis with a very large Portuguese element. Next in order of importance come the Dutch and French contributions, all uttered with the thick soft African pronunciation, and connected together by an extremely simple syntax. But this primitive jargon is gradually yielding to the cultured languages, English, Dutch, French, and Por- tuguese, of the European settlers. Descendants of the black insurgents, whose war-cry everywhere was " Land and Fig. 13.—Inhabitants of Guiana. Scale 1 : 13,000, Bush Negroes. Indians. 310 Miles. Liberty," the Bush Negroes have all remained agriculturists. They grow sufficient produce for their own consumption, and also supply the towns and plantations of the seaboard with rice. But their main resource is wood-cutting, which is exclusively in their hands. They fell the large forest trees suitable for building and cabinet work, and convey the lumber to Paramaribo by the rivers and canals. They run little risk of losing this monopoly, thanks to their sober habits, by which they are favourably distinguished from the aborigines. They have, however, suffered from the demoralisation rampant in the gold-mining districts. Indispensable as boat- men on the upper courses of the rivers, they show remarkable skill in managing their coriaJs or curiares, and the light craft to which the English have given the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 18
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