Excerpt from The History of British Guiana, Vol. 2 of 2: Comprising a General Description of the Colony; A Narrative of Some of the Principal Events From the Earliest Period of Its Discovery to the Present Time; Together With an Account of Its Climate, Geology, Staple Products, and Natural History Review of the past History - The present Creole Population; their Habits, Character, and Social Position - The altered Circumstances of the Planters; their Position and Prospects - The line of Policy pur sued by the British Government towards the West Indies - Concluding Remarks. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.