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piece of Caápi is generally suspended along with the snuff-box, but the 
snuff-tube is stuck in the thick bushy hair of the head. 
178. Portion of the stem of the Cadpi, given me by a Guahibo In- 
dian at Maypures. The Caápi is a Malpighiaceous twiner (Banisteria 
Caapi, MSS.), planted by the Indians of the Uaupés, Guaviare, Meta, 
etc., for the sake of chewing the stem or drinking its infusion. (See 
Catal. No. 166.) 
179. Sack of fibre called Iteniquen, extracted from the leaves of the 
Cociusa (Bromeliacea, an Agavis sp.?). Used for bringing coarse rock- 
salt from New Granada, by way of the Apure, to the Orinoco and San 
Fernando de Atabapo. 
180. Stems of a Menispermeous twiner (3567 to Benth.). San Carlos. 
October, 1854. Cutting through the stem does not destroy the exist- 
ence of the upper part, which speedily re-establishes a communication 
with the soil, by means of radicles sent down from its joints. 
181. Fruit of a Palm, called by the Barré Indians 7éco (a stemless 
species of Attalea), frequent on the Rio Negro, near its confluence with 
the Casiquiare. Seeds edible, resembling those of the Cocoa. 
182. Uppermost frond of Mauritia aculeata, Humb. (non Martii) = 
M. gracilis, Wallace. Frequent on the Guaimá, Atabapo, and other 
rivers of black water. It is called U/iya by the Barré Indians. 
183. Quivers containing poisoned arrows for the Cerbatana (Grava- 
tana, Portug.), made by Cunipusana Indians, at the head-waters of the 
Rio Pacimoni. They seem to be formed of the pinnæ of some species 
of Attalea. The arrows are of the beard of the Patauá Palm. (When 
I came to look at these quivers, some days after leaving the Cunipusana 
Indians, I found a piece of rag, sewed up into a ball, stuck within each. 
My Indians told me that the women had put them in as a charm, in 
order to bring me to revisit their country at some future day. They 
had also tied a fragment of some odoriferous root in each of the four 
corners of my hammock.) 
184. Taparitos (small Gourds) of Curári (the Uirari, or “ bird-poison,” 
. of Brazil). Made by the Indians of the River Pacimoni, from the 
= bark of two downy-leaved species of Strychnos. 1 fear the poison will 
. bequite dried up by the time it reaches you, The Indians keep it in 
-a cool, moist place, and, if it becomes stiff, set the taparitos for some 
time on the moist ground, or boil the Curari over again. 
|. 185. Gum-resin called Caranha, extracted from some species of Zecica, 
