Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-07-21

monkey pot locust. louar1. purp1r
heart, ho0bo iballi haclSia- crabwood
Wa, lsba. ballet WOO 3. ki ski danna,
mnmara, NOR. lignu'n vits, hiawa
pakoOru, vaibaima. yellow ciroua5allL
BayH, tataboo. irrizyidum. bsnin,
buho -radn dulSa. and many others.
Sampics o these woods are in pla n
sight on the walls. showing them IN
polished stato, and thy are 10 be seen
In natural co1dttion rs well AS
there f. so little done tho forests OF
British Guiana at event., there are
fortunes in the woods vet for tho man
who dove ops them.
The gold mining o. British Guiana
has had wonderful increase in the
few years that the gold fiel's have
been worked, and thay nre still almost
undevelopsd. Tho work began in
1884, aud in that year ESQ ounces OF
god were exported. la 1855 9J9
ounces were exported, and the rate OF
increase kept up. IN lSD2 the export
was 40, 6l5 ounces. The total for the
wears i 355, a93 ounces. 1 ne diamond
fields arc only ope 1ing and are ez-
pected to show large yields South
African diamond men are on their
way to British Gu.aua now to pros
pect.
But outside of the exhibits of the
ordinary Industries there is great
deal 10 catch the eye in the Brit sh
Guiana space. In the center is a set
piece showing n jaguar in attack on n
tapir The fauna Of the country is
quite well shown by stuffed animals
of the more prominent types. There
are all kinds of brilliantly colored
cock-of-thc-rocks, magpies. parrots,
owls. hawks, king vultures, pelicans,
scarlet ibiscs, purple breasted
cotingas, fire birds, humming birds,
and many others. There are crabs OF
sever Il kinds, an ALLIGATOR, or as it is
called il british Guiana. Cayman;
land tortois S and sea turtles, sword
and saw ifs cs, Il full-grown manatee
or sea COW. 1t doesn't look much
like COW.
The collection of monkeys is large
one.
There are shown several "beaT
howlers" These animals are not
large, but they do great work with
their threats. Ihey have a peculiar
formation that eua bes them to make "A
und loude~ tina 1 the roar of lion,
and when they get at it i'll the woods
nights the sound is something neve~ to
be forgotten. Two kinds OF ant-eat-
ing bears are on eXhib ton, and "A
wood deer. little creature not more
than a foot high, very pretty and
graceful. Red deer, labba or psca, a
common forest rodent, water hnas,
knkajou, hbhee, accourie, squirrels,
raccoons, two kinds OF Grmadillos,
oppossums, peccarries or wild hogs,
jIguarondis, an tijuana, several
~ cot 10 ,ff nd oil nt.
animals are in the collection.
In one OF the cases is some cassava
bread. That is the chief food of the
native Indians. 1t is made from man
divoc, as is also starch The bread
made is very nutritious and keeps a
lopg time.
In the exhibit of cereals is rice in
husk, in alks bleajna, which grows
on low swampy land, and other grains.
The display of fbers is large. Hemp
fiber, palm fiber, silk grass wadara,
wadlduri, wilma, mahoe, kakarally,
and other tibers are N cases aud many
OF them are of rrmarkable length.
There is collection OF all kinds Of
preserved fruits, coffee, molasses,
runs, chocolate, cocoa, fish glue, locust
gum, tobacco, etc. All kinds OF manu-
featured products of native workman
ship are shown. These include cloth,
clio hing and things in general use.
In one corner is "a collection of news
pape s published in the country.
There are several dailies published in
Georgetown, the capital, and even
trade paper devoted to the gpld-min-
ing industry, so important has il be-
come. There is a large collection of
photographs of scenes in British
Guiana, showing native and white
peoples.
The exhibit is one that can only be
appreciated by careful inspection. 1t
is full of interest, and a visit of an
hour TO the corner in the agricu' tural
building occupied by British Guiana is
as near as one can come TO visit to
the place itself. Everything IS shown
hs pla My as can be, and the things to
be seen are beautiful as we'll as in
structive.