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AMAZONIA AND LA PLATA. 



founded the station of Labrea, which perpetuates his name, and which has become 

 the capital of the district. It stands at the converging point of the routes followed 

 b}^ the seekers of rubber not only in the Upper Purus and Aquiry basins, but also 

 in the remote regions watered by the Beni and the Madeira. At present steam 



rig. 39. — Teffe and Japuea Confluence. 

 Scale 1 : 1,000,000. 



West oP Greenwich 64° 45 



64° 50' 



m 



Depths. 



to 100 

 Fathoms. 



100 Fathoms 

 and upwards. 



^^ 25 Miles. 



navigation on the Purus stops at the little port of Hijutannham, some hundred 

 miles below Labrea. 



From the economic standpoint the Madeira may be regarded as forming part 

 of the same domain as the Purus, but only below the cataracts. Higher up, the 

 Guapore region, formerly an independent lacustrine basin, belongs to the Matto 



