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Total, 2,571 2,143 



What a stock for colonization to begin upon ! The wild 

 cattle may be reckoned, at least, as many more ; and, as far as 

 my information goes, that of the other missions may be esti- 

 mated as follows : 



Towns. Cattle. 



Euri, 300 



S. Antonio, 200 



Cupapuy, 400 



S. Maria, 500 



Palmar, 500 



Total, 1,900 



The remaining missions on the north, under the jurisdiction 

 of the governor of Guayana, have been entirely drained. 



Having finished our southern tour, we had now a scene of 

 desolation to traverse on the north. The line of hills in which 

 Upata and Cupapuy are situated, seems to have opposed a 

 powerful, though not insurmountable, barrier to the contagion. 

 Southward of that line, it appeared in a very mitigated degree, 

 and by no means so fatal. Northward, it had nearly annihilated 

 the population, A new stock of rum and bark was laid in, as 

 too much precaution could not be used. Accordingly, we set 

 forward northwards with recruited strength, at the same time 

 that U, took the road to Carnache, which he purposed to reach 

 by short stages in four days, and where we agreed to rejoin him. 



14th Dec. Left Upata at eight A.M. At Alta Graci^ found 

 our old friend the mayor-domo at length attacked by the fever. 

 Though much reduced, he had not lost his spirits, and seemed 

 to think the pestilence had on the whole abated, though Alta 

 Grkcia presented the same forlorn aspect as before. A drove 

 rf mules we had overtaken on the road hid so retarded our 



