E X P E D I T I O N T O S U R I N AM. 4°7
N° 18. An Indian cotton hammock.
19. A fafh of tigers or wild boars teeth.
20. A magic Ihell or gourd.
a i. An Indian flute called,too-fov.
22., A flute made of the human bone of an enemy.
23. An Indian flute or fyrinx called quarta.
24. A ftone to grind caflava, called mat,ta„
For a fuller botanical defeription than either my knowledge'
or my limits will allow, I refer the reader to the
ingenious Dr. Bancroft, whofe merit in this particular
is perhaps known by few, but who. claims every attention
from having lived fo long in Demerary ; and to whom,
the thanks of the world in general are due, for his ingenious
« Letters to Dr. Pitcairn, F.R. C.P. &c.” publilhed
in 1766.
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