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us to the head of the river Rutuno, a considerable 

 stream whose mouth we had seen below Sara-yacu. 

 All the way along it there are tambos of inhabitants 

 of Sara-yacu, Puca-yacu, and Canelos, who go 

 there to wash gold. 



After the Rutuno the head of the river Tigre is 

 passed ; this river holds its course nearly midway 

 between Pastasa and Napo, and falls into the 

 Maranon. 



A large stream, the Villano, is next passed ; this 

 runs into the river Curaray, whose junction with the 

 Napo is not far from the mouth of the latter. 



From the Villano we come to its tributary, the 

 Giguino, on which there is a largish pueblo of 

 Zaparos. 



Next to this is another tributary of the Yillano- 

 Callana-yacu, and then we come to 



Ananga-yacu, which runs direct into the Curaray. 



The Curaray itself is now reached. On this 

 also are several Zaparos. 



The Noshiiro, to which we now come, has a 

 pueblo of Zaparos ; it runs direct into the Napo, as 

 does also the Washka-yacu. 



Passing these, we reach the Napo, at a small 

 pueblo called Aguana, not far from Santa Rosa ; 

 whence there is a route over the Cordillera to Quito 

 which is impassable from June to September on 

 account of the streams being swollen by the melting 

 of the snows on Cotopaxi, as also by the depth <>l 

 snow on the highest point of the pass. 



The Governor, Don Gabriel Cordena, is 

 elderly man of about fifty, with quiet and 

 devout manners. He has been twelve years 



