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The fire-flies, during the night, vie in numbers and brightness with the
stars in the firmament above; the air is pure, and the north-east breeze
blows a refreshing gale throughout the day. Here the white-crested maroudi,
which is never found in the Demerara, is pretty plentiful; and here grows
the tree which produces the moran, sometimes called balsam-capivi.
Your route lies south from this place; and at the extremity of the savanna
you enter the forest and journey along a winding path at the foot of a
hill. There is no habitation within this day's walk. The traveller, as
usual, must sleep in the forest; the path is not so good the following day.
The hills over which it lies are rocky, steep and rugged; and the spaces
betwixt them swampy and mostly knee-deep in water. After eight hours' walk
you find two or three Indian huts, surrounded by the forest; and in little
more than half an hour from these you come to ten or twelve others, where
you pass the night. They are prettily situated at the entrance into a
savanna.


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