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wards to the upper Orinoco, north-eastwarcls to the Ventuari, northwards to 

 the middle Orinoco, westwards by the Guaviare to Colombia, and south- 

 westwards to the Inirida basin. But so insignificant is the local traffic 



Fig. 43. — Ramifying Streams on the Beazh and Venezuelan Feontiees. 

 Scale 1 : 4,000,000. 



62 Miles. 



that the 500 inhabitants of San Fernando suffice for all its present require- 



ments. 



The old Indian settlements, which give their names to the Maipures and 

 Attires rapids, have all but disappeared. Maipures, standing on the left bank 

 of the Orinoco, is now included in Colombian teriitory, although the tow- 



