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pilot told me that farther away in the forest there 

 were more granite sheets covered with pictures, I 

 was obliged to content myself with what I had 



Fi<;. 1 8. GROUP OF PICTURES AT LAJA DE CAPIBARA. 

 RIVER CA^IQUIARI. 



already seen and done ; for I had engaged to meet 

 the Comisario of San Fernando at Esmeralda on 

 Christmas Day, and to get there I had still a long 

 voyage before me, going slowly along as I did in 

 my large boat and gathering plants all the way. 



