British Guiana: The Essequibo and Potaro Rivers, with an Account of a Visit to the Recently-discovered Kaieteur Falls |
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... shot , to their roosts . A crimson sunset gave promise of a cheerful morning , and rapidly the darkness fell on many a charming " paysage " of forest , rocks , and river . April 15th . — A cloudy but fine morning ushered in the day ...
... shot , to their roosts . A crimson sunset gave promise of a cheerful morning , and rapidly the darkness fell on many a charming " paysage " of forest , rocks , and river . April 15th . — A cloudy but fine morning ushered in the day ...
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... shot another sort of fish called a pacou with his bow and arrow . This was about six pounds , very fat , and with the perai afforded us an excellent breakfast . Into the boats again by noon , and a long , long pull . The river banks ...
... shot another sort of fish called a pacou with his bow and arrow . This was about six pounds , very fat , and with the perai afforded us an excellent breakfast . Into the boats again by noon , and a long , long pull . The river banks ...
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... shot . I bathed this evening , but not without certain misgivings as to caymans , for which it looked a likely spot . After dinner the rain came down in torrents , and continued throughout the night . April 17th . - A misty morning ...
... shot . I bathed this evening , but not without certain misgivings as to caymans , for which it looked a likely spot . After dinner the rain came down in torrents , and continued throughout the night . April 17th . - A misty morning ...
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... shot a maäm or bush - partridge , which was in excellent con- dition and very delicious ; he also obtained a maäm- egg , of a beautiful bluish - green , and round , like a pool ball . We blew and strung it . An 14 A VISIT TO THE ...
... shot a maäm or bush - partridge , which was in excellent con- dition and very delicious ; he also obtained a maäm- egg , of a beautiful bluish - green , and round , like a pool ball . We blew and strung it . An 14 A VISIT TO THE ...
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... shot into its no less beautiful tributary the Potaro . At first the course of this river runs from the westward almost at right angles to that of the Essequibo , and although , after a reach of five or six miles from the junction it ...
... shot into its no less beautiful tributary the Potaro . At first the course of this river runs from the westward almost at right angles to that of the Essequibo , and although , after a reach of five or six miles from the junction it ...
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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.