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paua, Mamoria, Panynim,Inanyinm, and Cnrumaha. There 

 are no villages yet; but the steamer stations are Paricatuba, 

 Amman, Boa Vista, Piranhas, Ai-iman, Jaburu, Canutama, 

 Vista Alegre, and Hyutanahan. The valley of the Puriis 

 is occasionally flooded, the terra firma seldom touching the 

 river, so that it is not favorable to permanent settlements. 

 It is, however, a healthy river, and there are more inhabit- 

 ants along the banks than on any other river. Sr. Urbano, 

 a colored man, is called the father of commerce on the Pu- 

 riis, having been the first to ascend it. He has an estab- 

 lishment on the Ituxy. 



Parallel to the Puriis, and distant from it by the ascend- 

 ing Amazons steamer eighteen hours, is the almost equally 

 important Jurua. It is one third smaller than the Puriis, 

 yet it is navigable for steamers drawing three or four feet 

 of water for a thousand miles, and is free from snags. 

 There are many 2>^ay as, but few islands. Like the Puriis, 

 it is a very crooked river, and has a two-and-a-half-mile 

 current. Five hundred miles from its mouth it has a 

 depth of two fathoms at low water. The branches on the 

 right are the Chiruan, Taraoaca, Gregorio, and Mu. The 

 Tarauaca affords a passage to the Puriis, and it is said there 

 is an affluent called Pixona, communicating with the Tef- 

 fe, and another, the Branco, connecting with the Jutahi. 

 The stations on the Jurua are Juruapiica (left bank), Gavao 

 (left), Popunha (left), Chue (right), and Marary (right). 

 The last and farthest station consists of a single large 

 .house, owned by Sr. Justo. 



The Jutahi is a black-water stream, and unhealthy. The 

 mouth is 800 metres wide. Forty-five days' travel with a 

 canoe of six oars {i. e., to the Mutum-parana) shows no falls, 

 nor any villages. 



The Japura is a first-class tributary, but little known. 

 It is navigable for ten days by steamer, or forty days by 



