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rising of the river. Its shores were all around covered with 
panicum. An alligator was swimming in the lake, and 
another before the mouth. 'T'races of hippopotami were 
seen everywhere. Shoals of fish abounded in the small 
creeks. A Hematopus and several other birds were seen. 
All this gave to that spot a romantic appearance. Having 
crossed the projecting tongue of land situated under Ka- 
vinda, we pitched our tent under the hills in the sandy cove 
opposite the longest point; and here it was evident from 
the strand plants which projected into the water, that the 
river had risen from six to eight inches. ‘The temperature 
was as low as 734°; observations were made morning and 
evening. An alligator was swimming about all night near 
the shore, and contrived to carry off the only goat we had 
left remaining. I found here again the beautiful Tetran- 
dria, corolla tubulosa, foliis multifidis, which I had seen 
at Mampaya. 
Sept. 7th. A third canoe was hired to day, and all em- 
barked. Projecting into the bay are picturesque rocks, 
consisting of subverted alternating beds of clay and lime- 
stone. 
Near some rocky islands, a number of small Charadra 
were seen. Behind these rocks, a little higher up, the river 
is again somewhat contracted, and we were told that our 
people would not be able to pass in canoes. One of them 
was in fact upset, and broken by carelessness, which ac- 
cident occasioned a Jong delay. At last we got over to 
the other side of the river, and landed in a beautiful sandy 
cove, at the opening of a creek, behind a long projecting 
