Volume 1

Twenty-five years in British Guiana / by Henry Kirke.

  • Henry Kirke
Date:
1898
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Twenty-five years in British Guiana / by Henry Kirke. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PAGE —Amusements in British Guiana—Racing—D1 Urban race- course—Blood stock—Georgetown races—Belfield—Cricket Ted Wright—English teams—Chinese cricketers—Black players —Dancing—Creole—Congo—Hindoo—Reminiscences Officials —X Beke—Military force—White troops—West Indian Regi- ment—Soldiers’ burial-ground—98th Regiment—Withdrawal of troops—Venezuelan raid—Uruan—Capture of the post V ixen —’Varsity dinner—Mr. James Crosby—Crosby office Insect plagues—Cockroaches—Ants—Centipedes—Hardbacks Mai a- buntas—Electric light—Gas—Beckwith’s hotel CHAPTER IV. Equatorial zone—Tropical vegetation—Forests—Striking effects— Gardens in British Guiana—Fauna—Shooting—Game bags — Muscovy ducks—Hoatzin—Jaguars—Waracabra tigers Deer —Peccary—Tapir—Monkeys — Iguanas — Snakes—Fishing— Cuffum—Lukananni—Cannibal snakes—Essequibo and Aroa- bisce coast—Old-time planters — Racecourse — Hospitality- Practical jokes—Clergy—Dean Austin—Rev. William Brett St. John’s Church—Medical officers—Riot on the coast An awkward predicament—A faithful sentry—Sheriff Humphreys —Miss Anna Austin ... CHAPTER V. Monotony of life—Trips in the bush—Pomeroon journey—Tappa- cooma Lake—Aripi&co Creek-Cabacabun Mission-Mr. and Mrs Heard—Medora—Bishop Austin—Maccaseema—McClin- tock—Indian chief-Im Thurn-Bivouac-Benaboo-Howlmg baboons-Carib settlement—Piwarrie—Captain Jeffreys—Indian names-Samboura-Cooking under difficulties-Indian dance- A sunken boat-Anna Regina-Onomatopoetic birds-Super- naam Indian Mission—Sermon—Huis t’ Dieren—Boiler explo- sion—Manslaughter—C oolie settlement 107 CHAPTER VI. Ikarakka Lake—Capoey racecourse—Riding catastrophe—Marooning —Ituribisce Creek—Indian settlements—Flights of butterflies— Arawak Indians—Duffryn Mission—Manatee Island—Dauntless
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