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Rely not at all on game ; a champion sharpshooter could 

 not live by his rifle. Santa Rosa and Coca will be repre- 

 sented to you as small New Yorks ; but you will do well 

 if you can buy a chicken between them. 



From Quito to Papallacta, two days and a half ; riding 

 beast, $2 silver, and $1 20 for each cargo of three arrobas. 

 At Papallacta hire Indians for Archidona ; each carries 

 three arrobas, and wants $5 silver in advance. You take 

 to your feet ; time, nine days, including one day of rest at 

 Baeza. At Archidona you take a new set of peons for 

 Napo at twenty -five cents apiece ; time, one day. From 

 Napo down the river to Santa Rosa, one day. You give 

 two and a half varas of lienzo to each Indian, and the same 

 for the canoe. From Santa Rosa to Pebas, on the Mara- 

 non, fifteen days ; cost of an Indian, twenty-fiye varas ; 

 ditto for a canoe. We advise you to stop at Coca and rig 

 up a raft or craft of some kind ; we ascribe our uninter- 

 rupted good health to the length and breadth of our ac- 

 commodations. The Peruvian steamer from the west ar- 

 rives at Pebas on the sixteenth of each month ; fare to 

 Tabatinga, $15 gold ; time, four days ; running time, eleven 

 hours. Bi'azilian steamer leaves Tabatinga the twentieth 

 of each month ; fare to Manaos, $44 44 gold ; time, five 

 days ; distance, one thousand miles. From Manaos to Pa- 

 ra, $55 55 gold ; time, six days ; distance, one thousand 

 miles. The Brazilian steamers make semi-monthly trips. 

 We found two hotels in Para — the " Italiana," dear and 

 poor ; the " Diana," unpretending but comfortable. Charges 

 at the latter for room and board, $2 a day. The best time 

 for traveling on the Amazon is between July and Decem- 

 ber. The United States and Brazilian steamships on their 

 homeward voyage call at Para the seventh of each month ; 

 fare to New York, $160 gold (the same as down the Avhole 

 length of the Amazon) ; second class, $75 ; time, fourteen 



