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FIRST flowed, the rocks covered, and the lower branches 



JOURNEY. 



of the trees in the water. Sometimes the Indians 



were obliged to take every thing out of the canoe, 

 cut a passage through the branches, which hung 

 over into the river, and then drag up the canoe by 

 main force. 



At one place, the falls form an oblique line 

 quite across the river, impassable to the ascend- 

 ing canoe, and you are forced to have it dragged 

 four or five hundred yards by land. 



It will take you five days, from the Indian 

 habitation, on the point of the island, to where 

 these falls and rapids terminate. 



There are no huts in the way. You must 

 bring your own cassava bread along with you, 

 hunt in the forest for your meat, and make the 

 night's shelter for yourself. 



Hiiis. Here is a noble range of hills, all covered 



with the finest trees, rising majestically one above 

 the other, on the western bank, and presenting 

 as rich a scene as ever the eye would wish to 

 look on. Nothing in vegetable nature can be 

 conceived more charming, grand, and luxuriant. 



How the heart rejoices in viewing this beauti- 

 ful landscape ! when the sky is serene, the air 

 cool, and the sun just sunk behind the moun- 

 tain's top. 



The hayawa tree perfumes the woods around : 

 pairs of scarlet aras are continually crossing the 

 river. The maam sends forth its plaintive note, 



