AD. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1595- 



for a pledge betweene us, and left with him two of ours 

 as aforesayd. To Francis Sparrowe I gave instructions 

 to travell to Marcureguarai, with such merchandizes as 

 I left with them, thereby to learne the place, and if it 

 were possible, to goe on to the great citie of Manoa: 

 which being done, we weyed ankor, and coasted the 



Guiana on the river on Guiana side, because wee came upon the North 



Southside. g-j^^ ^^ ^j^^ launes of the Saima and Wikiri. 



There came with us from Aromaia a Cassique called 

 Putijma, that commanded the province of Warapana, 

 (which Putijma slewe the nine Spaniards upon Caroli 

 before spoken of) who desired us to rest in the Porte 

 of his countrey, promising to bring us unto a moun- 

 taine adjoyning to his towne that had stones of the 

 colour of golde, which hee perfourmed. And after wee 

 had rested there one night, I went my selfe in the morn- 

 ing with most of the Gentlemen of my company, over 

 land towards the said mountaine, marching by a rivers 



Mana. side called Mana, leaving on the right hand a towne 



called Tuteritona, standing in the Province of Tarracoa, 

 of the which Wariaaremagoto is principall. Beyond it 

 lieth another towne towards the South, in the valley of 

 Amariocapana, which beareth the name of the sayd valley, 

 whose plaines stretch themselves some sixtie miles in 

 length. East and West, as faire ground, and as beautiful! 



[III. 657.] fields, as any man hath ever seene, with divers copsies 

 scattered here and there by the rivers side, and all as 

 full of deere as any forrest or parke in England, and 

 in everie lake and river the like abundance of fish and 

 foule, of which Irraparragota is lord. 



From the river of Mana, we crost another river in 



Oiana. the said beautifull valley called Giana, & rested our 



selves by a cleere lake, which lay in the middle of the 

 said Oiana, and one of our guides kindling us fire 

 with two stickes, wee stayed a while to drie our shirts, 

 which with the heate hong very wette and heavie on 

 our sholders. Afterwards wee sought the ford to 

 passe over towards the mountaine called Iconuri, where 



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