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for I found to my great surprise that from this to the 

 1 8th clay's journey is a virgin river as to its ascent, though 

 I am assured that refugees from the Spanish Missions 

 have descended it — a Mr. or Dr. BURTON, I recollefi as 

 one. 



At Camareea I found four or five of the Orchideae 

 common in Hobabba Creek, 12 miles from George- 

 town. 



2nd day. Thursday 17th. Dried cargo wetted in the 

 falls and started at 11, Course W. by N. Wokoh or the 

 Posiro mountain right ahead. I5 Wokoh Creek S. 

 shore ; Oerabisce Creek, N. shore. At 4^ having crossed 

 to the N. bank slept at the foot of the Suwarima Fall. 

 We made this detour to the righ. to avoid the second 

 Ematubbah by a string of rapids in another channel, one 

 hour's course N. by W, from this. At the toot of Suwa- 

 reima I formed some conception of the rapidity with 

 which the Pacou swims ; one was in a basin with two 

 aperatures, the lower one too small for it to escape by, 

 the upper stream rushing down nearly 3 feet perpen- 

 dicular hardly broader than the fish. I reached this 

 whilst calling for an arrow ; the fish sprung up the opening 

 and was 50 feet up the stream in less than half a second ; 

 its flight was barely visible. 



3rd day. Friday igth. Started a 8. Fall very difficult, 

 about 30 feet but in ledges. Veered again southward and 

 slept at 4 at the Acareema fall ; fine Pacou shooting at this 

 fall. 



4th day. Saturday I Qth. Starte at 7^. At ^2 reached 

 the Tonomoh and at \^ the Payc jca and slept there. 

 Passed numerous small rapids this day and had much 

 sport with the fish. 



