A.D. 

 1595 



Eme7-ta. 



IVinicapora. 



A mighty cata- 

 ract or overfall 

 of zvater. 



Diamonds l^ 

 other precious 

 stones. 



Wacarima. 



THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



river of Cumaca (to which Putijma promised to con- 

 duct captaine Keymis) I left captaine Eynos and master 

 Porter in the sayd river to expect his comming, & the 

 rest of us rowed downe the streame towards Emeria. 



In this branch called Cararoopana were also many 

 goodly Islands, some of sixe miles long, some of ten, 

 and some of twenty. When it grew towards sunne- 

 set, we entred a branch of a river that fell into Orenoque 

 called Winicapora : where I was en formed of the moun- 

 taine of Christall, to which in trueth for the length of 

 the way, and the evill season of the yeere, I was not 

 able to march, nor abide any longer upon the journey : 

 wee saw it afarre off and it appeared like a white Church- 

 tower of an exceeding height. There falleth over it a 

 mighty river which toucheth no part of the side of the 

 mountaine, but rusheth over the toppe of it, and falleth 

 to the ground with so terrible a noyse and clamor, as 

 if a thousand great bels were knockt one against another. 

 I thinke there is not in the world so strange an over-fall, 

 nor so wonderfull to behold : Berreo told mee that there 

 were Diamonds and other precious stones on it, and that 

 they shined very farre off: but what it hath I know 

 not, neither durst he or any of his men ascend to the 

 top of the sayd mountaine, those people adjoyning 

 being his enemies (as they were) and the way to it so 

 impassable. 



Upon this river of Winicapora wee rested a while, 

 and from thence marched into the countrey to a town 

 called after the name of the river, whereof the captaine 

 was one Timitwara, who also offered to conduct mee 

 to the top of the sayd mountaine called Wacarima : 

 But when wee came in first to the house of the sayd 

 Timitwara, being upon one of their sayd feast dayes, 

 we found them all as drunke as beggers, and the pots 

 walking from one to another without rest : we that 

 were weary, and hote with marching, were glad of the 

 plenty though a small quantitie satisfied us, their drinke 

 being very strong and headie, and so rested our selves 



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