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the juice of the fruit of the Lana tree {Gempa Americana). 

 The Bixa is the plant that furnishes the annato dye, with 

 which we coloxir our cheeses. The natives call the paint by 

 the name of Rucu. 



PAPAW-TREE. 



Parima, Lake. — Ever since the time of the great adven- 

 turer, Eisleigh, there has been great discussion as to the 

 Lake Parima and El Dorado, or the Golden City. Some 

 geographers have denied the existence of either lake or 

 city, while others have been so certain as to the former, that 

 a map in my possession places it about forty miles north-east 

 of Eorfc St. Joachim, in the loop of the Tacatu River, 

 between Lat. 4 and 5 N. 



Waterton could find no traces of it, and the inhabitants of 

 Fort St. Joaohim VuwJ not been more successftd. Schomburgk, 



