ANNOTATIONS AND ADDITIONS. 255 



( u ) p. 229. " The vault or cemetery of an extinct 

 nation" 



During the period of my stay in the forests of the Orinoco, 

 these caves of bones were examined by order of the Court. 

 The Missionary of the Cataracts had been unjustly accused 

 of having discovered in the caves treasures which had been 

 hidden there by the Jesuits previous to their flight. 



