The freshwater fishes of British Guiana, including a study of the ecological grouping of species and the relation of the fauna of the plateau to that of the lowlands . pped at 8:00 to get our firstglimpse of the pride of Guiana, the Kaieteur. The Kaieteur was hidden in mist EIGENMANN: THE FRESHWATER FISHES OF BRITISH GUIANA 49 so early in the morning. We camped shortly afterwards at Tukeit, called Tukui,or humming-bird, by the Indians, after the waterfall coming from the plateauopposite the camp. Our hunters killed four peccaries across the river, and youngwild pork was a pleasant change from
The freshwater fishes of British Guiana, including a study of the ecological grouping of species and the relation of the fauna of the plateau to that of the lowlands . pped at 8:00 to get our firstglimpse of the pride of Guiana, the Kaieteur. The Kaieteur was hidden in mist EIGENMANN: THE FRESHWATER FISHES OF BRITISH GUIANA 49 so early in the morning. We camped shortly afterwards at Tukeit, called Tukui,or humming-bird, by the Indians, after the waterfall coming from the plateauopposite the camp. Our hunters killed four peccaries across the river, and youngwild pork was a pleasant change from the canned meats. At Tukeit there isanother cataract in the Potaro, and above it several more towards the foot of thefall. It is one of my regrets that time did not permit me to walk up to the collected in the Potaro at Tukeit and the following morning at eightstarted to ascend the plateau. The path leads back from the river for a time,crosses Shrimp Creek, and then ascends very steeply to the top of the it is comparatively level again and runs through the woods to the edge ofthe sav. nnah, or treeless tract, immediately about the Fig. 17. View on the Potaro River looking up stream at the point where the first glimpse of the Kaieteur Falls is caught. After breakfast, at the edge of the savannah, Mr. Shideler and I, with Williamand another Indian, walked to the edge of the precipice and to the fall, while therest of the Indians went on to pitch the camp and get the boats of the upper Potaroready. The scenery about the fall is unique. Looking down the stream one sees 50 MEMOIRS OF THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM the U-shaped gorge cut out by the Potaro in the level plateau. The Potaro isvisible from time to time as it crosses from one side of the valley to the other. Thebest view of the fall itself can be had by climbing down on a ledge of rock at theedge of the precipice. I not only climbed down, but, all excitement with the fever,
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