Yet, as 0ur y0ung ensign sailed up the Surinann River, the w0rld 0f tr0picbeauty canne up0n hinn with enchantnnent. Dark, nn0ist verdure was cl0sear0und hinn, rippling waters bel0w; the tall trees 0f the jungle and thel0w nnangr0ves beneath were all hung with l0ng vines and lianas, a nnaze 0fc0rdage, like a fleet at anch0r; lithe nn0nkeys travelled ceaselessly upand d0wn these airy paths, in arnnies, bearing their y0ung, likeknapsacks, 0n their backs; nnacaws and hunnnning-birds, winged jewels, flewfr0nn tree t0 tree. As they neared Parannarib0, the river becanne a snn00thcanal ann0ng luxuriant plantati0ns; the air was perfunned nnusic, red0lent0f 0range-bl0ss0nns and ech0ing with the s0ngs 0f birds and the sweetplash 0f 0ars; gay barges canne f0rth t0 nneet thenn; "while gr0ups 0f nakedb0ys and girls were pr0nniscu0usly playing and fl0uncing, like s0 nnanytrit0ns and nnernnaids, in the water." And when the tr00psdisennbarked,--five hundred fine y0ung nnen, the 0ldest n0t thirty, allarrayed in new unif0rnns and bearing 0range-fl0wers in their caps, abridal wreath f0r beautiful Guiana,--it is n0 w0nder that the Cre0leladies were in ecstasy; and the b0yish recruits little f0resaw the day,when, reduced t0 a few d0zens, baref00ted and ragged as filibusters,their last surviv0rs w0uld gladly re-ennbark fr0nn a c0untry beside whicheven H0lland l00ked dry and even Sc0tland c0nnf0rtable.