. The birds of British Guiana : based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell ... . , between the Essequibo and Cotinga, as far south as the hillsof Annai and Irewang. The mountains ai*e, generally speaking,rounded in .shape ajid covereil with bouldei-s of quartz-porphjry, whichmake walking difficult, especially when they have become overgrownby rank grass. It is curious to notice that some of the hills are quitedestitute of trees, while others are thickly covered ; perhaps in themiddle of a short range of wooded hills one will be quite bare, or viceversa ; we could find no apparent
. The birds of British Guiana : based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell ... . , between the Essequibo and Cotinga, as far south as the hillsof Annai and Irewang. The mountains ai*e, generally speaking,rounded in .shape ajid covereil with bouldei-s of quartz-porphjry, whichmake walking difficult, especially when they have become overgrownby rank grass. It is curious to notice that some of the hills are quitedestitute of trees, while others are thickly covered ; perhaps in themiddle of a short range of wooded hills one will be quite bare, or viceversa ; we could find no apparent reason for this. At the foot of Mt. Pareeping, in the first savanna to which we cameafter entering the pass, is a curious mound of white quartz, ovaland perfectly regular in shape, some 40 or 50 yards in length by 25 inwidth, and about 30 feet in height, .standing quite alone in the middlef)f this small savanna, on which no quartz or other rock is first we thought it might be artificial, but, after a short exa-mination on (lur way back, we came to no conclusion ; some of the 00. ITINKRARV. XX i blocks of wlucli it was formed could nol have weiglietl less than1500 lbs. After two days walking alternately across bare liills and two or threesmall rivers and savannas, we started on tlie third day through thickbush, and after six miles of continually rising ground, arrived atWarashi, the second largest vilhige in the district. Tlie parson was expecteil, and people from other villages round hadassembled to meet him. I had walked on two or three miles ahead ofhim, and when I emerged from the bush and cjime suddenly on thevillage, I found over 500 men, women, and children drawn up in singleline along the path. I was right on them before I saw tiiem, andthere was no escaping—I had to shake hands with all. J hnd injureda finger and was wearing a sling for my right arm, but this madeno difference—I was regulai-ly mobbed, both hands going at once,I told them I was not the par
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