. The geology of the goldfields of British Guiana. can be thereregistered. Boats can be hired at Bartica, Rockstone and Arakaka. Thecharge for a boat with its tackling, paddles, ropes, tarpaulins, buckets,bailers, etc., is fi-om 5s. to 8s. per day according to the size of the a large amount of prospecting work is contemplated it will be found To face page 225.] Plate TRAVELLING CAMP ON THE ESSEQUIBO RIVER. Fhot:, h;i C. if. Anders Hiittti to MiniTH and Proxjvctors. 225 much cheaper to purchase a boat for from £25 to £35, capable ofcarrying from three to four tons of cargo. A boat
. The geology of the goldfields of British Guiana. can be thereregistered. Boats can be hired at Bartica, Rockstone and Arakaka. Thecharge for a boat with its tackling, paddles, ropes, tarpaulins, buckets,bailers, etc., is fi-om 5s. to 8s. per day according to the size of the a large amount of prospecting work is contemplated it will be found To face page 225.] Plate TRAVELLING CAMP ON THE ESSEQUIBO RIVER. Fhot:, h;i C. if. Anders Hiittti to MiniTH and Proxjvctors. 225 much cheaper to purchase a boat for from £25 to £35, capable ofcarrying from three to four tons of cargo. A boat of these dimensionswill require a crew of from twelve to sixteen men to propel her. Thelal)Ourers engaged for the expedition will form part of this crew, but itis essential to employ five or six trained boat hands who are experiencedin river work. The steersman and the bowman of the boat are paid at the rate offrom £7 to £8 and of from £5 to =£6 respectively per month, whilstthe boat hands are paid at the rate of 2s per day. All members ofthe boats crew have to be fed by the expedition. The best packages for carrying and keeping clothes are iron orsteel trunks, termed locally cannisters, and these can be obtained atany of the stores in Geoigetown at cheap rates. Leather trunks andbags are useless, for they are soon affected by the damp and fall topieces, and are als
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