Word: paramaribo
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...drivers, and bit by tarnished bit the price of attempt at freedom could be bought. Five hundred francs would bribe a bushman to paddle one convict across to the jungle, and buy a few days' scanty provisions. Michel achieved the jungle, staggered and bruised his way through to Paramaribo, only to be arrested as he tried to board a Dutch freighter, and shipped summarily back to an extra twist of the screw...
...crossed the Maroni River to Albina, the frontier of Dutch Guiana, where he visited the villages of the Carid Indians and the primitive bush negroes. With the negroes, he travelled by canoe through the heart of the tropical forests of Dutch Guiana to the Cottoca River, and on to Paramaribo, the end of his trip. His speech tonight will be full of reminiscences of his stirring experiences on this expedition...