IN AMAZONIA.—The region north of the Amazon known as the Serra Acarai is almost unknown territory which has been penetrated by few travellers. Nicholas Guppy, a Trinidadian who studied botany and tropical forestry at both Oxford and Cambridge Universities, has written the first book about a region which has become familiar to him on several expeditions as a plant-hunter. His book, “Wai, Wai,” published by John Murray, is an ably-written record of the people, forests, and plants in what is virtually a fascinating new world to the ordinary reader. The picture above is a native house in the village of Yakka-Yakka, in British Guiana, and the picture on the left is an Indian brave resident of the village.

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28542, 22 March 1958, Page 3

IN AMAZONIA.—The region north of the Amazon known as the Serra Acarai is almost unknown territory which has been penetrated by few travellers. Nicholas Guppy, a Trinidadian who studied botany and tropical forestry at both Oxford and Cambridge Universities, has written the first book about a region which has become familiar to him on several expeditions as a plant-hunter. His book, “Wai, Wai,” published by John Murray, is an ably-written record of the people, forests, and plants in what is virtually a fascinating new world to the ordinary reader. The picture above is a native house in the village of Yakka-Yakka, in British Guiana, and the picture on the left is an Indian brave resident of the village.