Roraima and British Guiana, With a Glance at Bermuda, the West Indies, and the Spanish Main
CHAPTER XXV.
VIEW OF LA GUAIRA—PROJECTS IN VENEZUELA—LANDING—INDIAN PATH TO CARACAS—BRILLIANT BEETLES—VIEW FROM CERRO DE AVILA—DESCENT TO CITY—CLIMATE—AN EARTHQUAKE ALARM—SAD ASPECT OF THE CITY—MYSTERIOUS POWER OF THE MOON—PERIHELION AND PESTILENCE 275