EDWARD VIII WATERFALL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19126, 22 September 1936, Page 6

EDWARD VIII WATERFALL

GUIANA DISCOVERIES GOLDEN FROGS FOUND LONDON, Aug. 11. A magnificent newly-discovered waterfall in British Guiana lias been named after King Edward VIII. It is one, of 43 found within two liom’s during an aeroplane survey made in the, neighbourhood of tlie. Kaioteur Falls on the. Poloro River by a scientific expedition organised hv the. New York Zoological Society. The expedition was led, by .Miss Gloria Hollister, a young Associate! and Fellow in the society's .Departintuit of Tropical Research. She wasi accompanied by a woman sculptor, -Miss Ruth Walk pi’ Brooks, a. photographer and a doctor.. The party spent three weeks in Die jungles around the Kaieteuv Falls and near the, Berbice Itiver. close to the Dutch border. To reach the falls the party travelled ICO miles by motor car through virgin timber, navigated the river in 30ft. boats, and made a final climb of 1200 ft. on foot.

Of the 43 waterfalls discovered, only two were named. Miss Hollister declares that the, whole district requires renam>»g- .. ,

Among the interesting fauna studied were half-inch golden frogs, living in the hearts of cactus leaves, and (he, hoatzin, a rare South American bird. Motion pictures were taken of the hoatzin, and 12 specimens were, captured and presented to the museum at Georgetown, the capital of British Guiana. More than 100 1 other species of fowl were studied and photographed, over a. mile of film being used. The living creatures brought back for the New York Zoological Society included : Thirty birds, including a rainbow tanager of six colours, A large collection of frogs, A tiger kitten, An agouti, A black spider monkey, and A small weasel-like animal called a haeka. Miss Brooks modelled the heads ot Indians met. with on their journeys, and among the flora brought hack by the party is a collection of medicinal herbs nsefl by the Indians, who have a. very advanced medical technique.