Observations On the Climate Soil And Productions of British Guiana And On the
Observations On the Climate Soil And Productions of British Guiana And On the
John Hancock
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Piso, speaking of Guiana, observes: "Multae insuper planta?, resina?, et ligna, tarn mercatura quam medicina dicata, luxuriant, quorum prajcipua, enuinerasse sulliciet. Denique fluviatiles pisces tam multi et tain pnnstantes ap- parent (licet a nostratibus multum diversi) ut vix ulla, regie* in terris magis illis abundare possit. " — p. 170. We have, indeed, similar reports from all the more in- telligent persons who have travelled in Guiana, respecting • Charlei Waterton, Esq. , author of " Wa...ndering* in Gui 54 the soil Mid productions of the Interior; and more recently Mr. 1 IiIIhhim', alter having twice or thrice visited the region of the fulls, adduces, amongst others, the following very strong arguments in favour of the inland cultivation. *• The climate of the region inhabited by the Indians is much more salubrious than that of the coast: though ap- proaching nearer to the Line, its superior elevation causes a decrease of temperature, and the surface of the earth is always kept cool from the thick shade of the forest with which it is universally covered.
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