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MEMOIRS OF THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM 



Holmia at our disposal. Our success on the expedition to the upper Potaro was 

 largely due to the cooperation of Messrs. Linnell and Bovallius. 



We started on a launch from Tumatumari on the 14th of October at nine 

 o'clock in the morning. We were met at Potaro Landing by part of our crew, 

 who carried a portion of our outfit about seven miles to Kangaruma. The crew 

 returned to Potaro Landing the following day for the remainder of the goods. The 

 latter part of the trip between Potaro Landing and Kangaruma was through the 

 forest, the first two miles through a hot sandy road. I felt a slight fever on arriving 



Fig. 14. Albert, one of the Indian bearers, transporting goods at Kangaruma. 



at Kangaruma. The portage from Potaro Landing to Kangaruma, which can be 

 made in two and a half to three hours, obviates the engagement of a series of 

 cataracts between the two points. We left Kangaruma in the afternoon by a 

 peculiar bateau. A tarpaulin covered the center of the boat where our goods were 

 stored; in front sat three pairs of paddlers; behind several more paddlers. William 

 was captain and steersman as well, until we picked up a corial at Amatuk and 



