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PROVINCE OF CARAVAYA. 



Chap. XII. 



Andes finally subside, and henceforth its course is entirely 

 unknown, I think it probable, however, that the Tambopata 

 finds its way direct to the Purus, without previously uniting 

 with the Ynambari. 



The respective distances and populations of the villages of 

 Caravaya are as follows : — 



But some of these villages are at greater distances from the 

 foot of the Andes than others ; thus they are not in a straight 

 line, and the direct distance from OUachea to the Bolivian 

 frontier is a good deal under ISO miles. The valleys in which 

 the Caravaya villages are situated are separated from each 

 other by spurs of the Andes, many of them so wild and pre- 

 cipitous as to be quite inaccessible ; and there is no means of 

 passing from village to village, in many instances, without 

 crossing the Andes to Crucero or Macusani, and descending 

 again by another pass. For this reason Crucero, being in the 

 most central position, has been chosen as the site of the 

 capital of the province, though in a bleak and intensely cold 

 region. 



The geological formation of Caravaya is composed of non- 



