Chapter I: Front Matter

THROUGH BRITISH GUIANA TO THE SUMMIT OF RORAIMA

Frontispiece.]

THROUGH BRITISH
GUIANA TO THE
SUMMIT OF RORAIMA

BY
MRS. CECIL CLEMENTI, M.B.E.

WITH FOURTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS AND A MAP

E. P. DUTTON AND COMPANY
681 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE DEMERARA RIVER 11

II. THE ESSEQUEBO RIVER 29

III. THE POTARO DISTRICT 47

IV. THE POTARO GORGE 59

V. KAIETUK, MOTHER OF MISTS 71

VI. THE ASCENT TO THE HIGHLAND SAVANNAHS 89

VII. THE HIGHLAND SAVANNAHS OF BRITISH GUIANA 119

VIII. A CORNER OF BRAZIL 149

IX. THE VENEZUELAN APPROACH TO RORAIMA 183

X. RORAIMA, FATHER OF STREAMS 199

XI. THE RETURN JOURNEY 217

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

KAIETUK FALL _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE

THE DEMERARA RIVER: VIEW FROM THREE FRIENDS’ MINE ACROSS TO AKYMA 24

WATERSMEET OF COMMINGLED CUYUNI AND MAZARUNI RIVERS WITH ESSEQUEBO 31

MOUNT SAKWAI ON POTARO RIVER NEAR TUKEIT 62

WATERSMEET OF POTARO AND AMUK RIVERS AT AMATUK, SHOWING MOUNT
KENAIMA ON RIGHT AND MOUNT KUKUI IN CENTRE ABOVE RIVER-MIST 62

POTARO GORGE FROM KAIETUK 78

BARAMAKU SAVANNAH 113

MOUNT KOWATIPU FROM THE KARTO TABLELAND 128

WARATUK RAPIDS 172

OPAMAPÖ WATERFALL 172

FORDING THE KOTINGA RIVER 174

THE SOUTH-WEST FACE OF MOUNT RORAIMA, SHOWING THE TÖWASHING
PINNACLE 186

CAMP ON MOUNT RORAIMA 208

MOUNT WEITIPU FROM THE LEFT BANK OF THE KOTINGA RIVER 225

MAP OF ROUTE FROM HOLMIA TO MOUNT RORAIMA _at end_

THROUGH BRITISH GUIANA TO THE SUMMIT OF RORAIMA

THE DEMERARA RIVER