British Guiana: The Essequibo and Potaro Rivers, with an Account of a Visit to the Recently-discovered Kaieteur Falls |
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... formed by Leguan , Wakenaam , and Tiger Islands . After thirteen hours ' steaming we arrived at our destination , disembarked , and were , by the kind permission of His Excellency Governor Scott , received at the Government building ...
... formed by Leguan , Wakenaam , and Tiger Islands . After thirteen hours ' steaming we arrived at our destination , disembarked , and were , by the kind permission of His Excellency Governor Scott , received at the Government building ...
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... formed by their numerous conchoidal hollows , peroxide of iron evidenced the abundance of that metal throughout the quartzose matrix . About 2 P.M. we bade a temporary adieu to the beautiful Essequibo , and shot into its no less ...
... formed by their numerous conchoidal hollows , peroxide of iron evidenced the abundance of that metal throughout the quartzose matrix . About 2 P.M. we bade a temporary adieu to the beautiful Essequibo , and shot into its no less ...
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... formed a small rugged island , down the sides of which the water rushed with clouds of mist , and producing a very fine effect . By jumping from rock to rock , after being paddled across a narrow channel , we were able to gain this ...
... formed a small rugged island , down the sides of which the water rushed with clouds of mist , and producing a very fine effect . By jumping from rock to rock , after being paddled across a narrow channel , we were able to gain this ...
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... formed by the rocks at the foot of the above eminence , and the men crowded together under him again for scanty shelter . We succeeded in keeping up a small fire sufficiently long to boil some water , into which we poured half our ...
... formed by the rocks at the foot of the above eminence , and the men crowded together under him again for scanty shelter . We succeeded in keeping up a small fire sufficiently long to boil some water , into which we poured half our ...
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... formed parts of the ocean , separating the elevated lands into groups of islands . The denudation of these eminences contributed to the formation of those extensive tracts of alluvial deposits now found in the midst of the granite ...
... formed parts of the ocean , separating the elevated lands into groups of islands . The denudation of these eminences contributed to the formation of those extensive tracts of alluvial deposits now found in the midst of the granite ...
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Accowaio afternoon alluvium Amitu appeared April arrived ascending baggage Bartika batteaus beautiful boats boulders British Guiana Brown Burro-burro bush called camp Captain cataracts chigoes Christian colour commenced composed Comuti covered deposit dinner dykes escarpment Essequibo farther feet fish foot forest formation formed geological Georgetown Gneiss granite hammocks haul height hills Indian hut Ireng Ireng River island James Jacobs journey Kaieteur Fall Lady Barkly landed for breakfast latter left bank left shore Macouria Mazaruni miles morning mountain necessary neighbourhood night Orinoco paddlers party passed pebbles photographer porphyry portage portion POTARO RIVERS quartz quartz-porphyry racter rain rapids reached rocks Roraima row brought sandflies sandstone sandstone and conglomerate sandstone beds savannah Sawkins scenery Schomburgk Settlement shelter shot showers side Siparuni sleep slung our hammocks soon steamer Tawailing tent-boat trees Tumatamari Ungrateful Wretch valley village walk Warratu waterfall woodskins yards
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Page 58 - The general impression produced by the examination of the country is, that here we see the last stage of a process that has been going on during the whole period of the elevation of the Andes and the mountains of Brazil and Guiana from the ocean.
Page 63 - Canuku and Carawaimi mountains to the south, the thick forests of the Essequibo and isolated mountains to the east, and the mountains of the Mocajahi and branches of the Sierra Parima to the west, and, according to a superficial computation, cover a space of 14,400 square miles.
Page 33 - Pyrrha, sub antrof cui flavam religas comam, simplex munditiis? heu quoties fidem mutatosque deos flebit et aspera nigris aequora ventis emirabitur insolens, qui nunc te fruitur credulus aurea; qui semper vacuam, semper amabilem sperat nescius aurae fallacis. miseri, quibus intentata nites ! me tabula sacer votiva paries indicat uvida suspendisse potenti vestimenta maris deo.
Page 58 - Negro ; and its greatest extent, between Cape North and the confluence of the Rio Xie with the Rio Negro, is 1090 geographical miles; its greatest breadth, between Punta Barima, at the mouth of the Orinoco, to the confluence of the Rio Negro with the Amazon, is 710 geographical miles.
Page 63 - The geological structure of this region leaves but little doubt that it was once the bed of an inland lake, which by one of those catastrophes of which even later times give us examples, broke its barriers, and forced a path for its waters to the Atlantic...
Page 73 - The upper consists of 1,500' of grey sandstone and conglomerate and the lower of white, pink and red sandstones interstratified with red shales of 900 feet in thickness. Farther westward at Roraima ... we have almost 2,000 feet of the upper and 1,000 feet of the lower division. '•Most of the sandstone beds contain water-worn pebbles of white quartz and red jasper scattered .very irregularly and sparingly through them; even the soft white and pink beds contain these small round pebbles.
Page 49 - September 27, all operations carried out during the five days took place under cover of Artillery barrages. The amount of ammunition fired was exceptionally large, and it was only by the most strenuous efforts on the part of all ranks of the Artillery that the supply could be made to keep pace with the expenditure. • The success in this respect was to a large extent due to the exertion and skill displayed by the Canadian Engineers (MajorGeneral WB Lindsay) in every branch of their activities, notably...
Page 59 - The losses caused by our civil wars could not at all explain the slow increase of our population, and the only way in which I can account for it is that they are not so well prepared as...
Page 72 - Upon this comes hard beds of quartzose sandstone and conglomerate often obliquely laminated but of no great thickness and then a series of white, red, pinkish and grey sandstone beds occupying many hundred feet vertically, being interstratified with beds of red shale. The highest portion is composed of interstratified grey sandstone. This formation presents a thickness of 1,200 feet at its southern outcrop and 3000
Page 40 - What the Kaieteur loses, from a comparison with Niagara in width and in magnitude of the descending flood, it gains in height, while the surrounding scenery is far lovelier.