THE DISCOVERY OF GUIAXA a.d. 



1595- 

 thence, a man of great travell, and after hee knew that I 



had bene in Guiana, and so farre directly West as Caroli, 

 the first question hee asked me was, whether I had scene 

 any of the Ewaipanoma, which are those without heads : 

 who being esteemed a most honest man of his word, and 

 in all things else, tolde mee that hee had seene many of 

 them : I may not name him, because it may be for his dis- 

 advantage, but hee is well knowen to Monsieur Mucherons 

 Sonne of London, and to Peter Mucheron merchant of the 

 Flemish shippe that was there in trade, who also heard 

 what he avowed to be true of those people. 



The fourth river to the West of Caroli is Casnero The river of 

 which falleth into Orenoque on this side of Amapaia, ^^^^^^'°- 

 and that river is greater then Danubius, or any of 

 Europe : it riseth on the South of Guiana from the 

 mountaines which devide Guiana from Amazones, and 

 I thinke it to bee navigable many hundreth miles : but 

 wee had no time, meanes, nor season of the yeere, to 

 search those rivers for the causes aforesayd, the Winter The Winter 

 being come upon us, although the Winter and Summer ^f^^^^^^- 

 as touching colde and heate differ not, neither doe the 

 trees ever sensibly lose their leaves, but have alwayes 

 fruit either ripe or greene, and most of them both blos- 

 some, leaves, ripe fruite, and greene at one time : but 

 their Winter onely consisteth of terrible raines, and 

 overflowing of the rivers, with many great stormes and 

 gustes, thunder and lightnings, of which we had our fill, 

 ere we returned. 



On the North side, the first river that falleth into 

 Orenoque is Cari, beyond it on the same side is the 

 river of Limo, betweene these two is a great nation of 

 Canibals, and their chiefe towne beareth the name of the 

 river, and is called Acamacari : at this towne is a con- 

 tinuall market of women for three or foure hatchets a 

 piece, they are bought by the Arwacas, and by them 

 sold into the West Indies. To the West of Limo is 

 the river Pao, beyond it Caturi, beyond that Voari and 

 Capuri which falleth out of the great river of Meta, by 



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