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an Indian settlement. Numerous hilly ranges traverse the 

 distrift, being, on the one side, the southern extension of 

 the Mabooroo range, and on the other, the northern spurs 

 of the Wahmara mountain. Animal life seemed to be 

 plentiful in the district, and on each occasion of our visits 

 to the village, we were able to procure pieces of abouyah 

 or of deer, which were being babracoted. 



Not far above Booboo, the site of the old settlement of 

 Muniparoo, is passed on the East bank. This place 

 appears to be identical with the Anaimapeur of Mr. 

 BarringtoN Brown, and the Kunimapoo of Mr. 

 Sawkins. It was somewhat perplexing to find that the 

 names of places obtained from the Indian huntsmen, 

 and taken after numerous repetitions, often differed very 

 greatly from those given by each of the surveyors, and 

 sometimes to such an extent as to make it almost im- 

 possible to collate them ; and this difficulty was intensified 

 by the ia.6\ that many of the distin6live, physical features 

 of the river, which were apparent during the peculiarly dry 

 season when Mr. Sawkins visited the distri6l, were now 

 entirely obscured by the swollen state of the river, owing 

 to the heavy rains which fell almost regularly during the 

 greater part of the days, and more especially throughout 

 the remainder of the expedition. 



Along this upper distri6t, the indications of animal 

 life were markedly more numerous and interesting 

 than below the Great Falls. Often by the waterside 

 the trampled bushes told of the maipurie or tapir 

 (Tapirus). At frequent intervals, the continuous roaring 

 of the howling monkeys (Mycetes), or the curious 

 whistle-like cry of the quata or spider monkey (Ateles), 

 told of their near presence ; while not infrequently the 



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