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that in volume it surpassed the other by 84 cubic metres 

 a second. Since then the Castanho had fallen; our mea- 

 surements showed it to be slightly smaller than the other; 

 the volume of the river after the junction was about 4,500 

 cubic metres a second. This was in 7° 34'. 



We were glad indeed, to see Pyrineus and be at his 

 attractive camp. We were only four hours above the little 

 river hamlet of Sao Joao, a port of call for rubber-steamers, 

 from which the larger ones go to Manaos in two days. 

 These steamers mostly belong to Senhor Caripe. From 

 Pyrineus we learned that Lauriado and Fiala had reached 

 Manaos on March 26. On the swift water in the gorge 

 of the Papagaio Fiala's boat had been upset and all his be- 

 longings lost, while he himself had narrowly escaped with 

 his life. I was glad indeed that the fine and gallant fellow 

 had escaped. The Canadian canoe had done very well. 

 We were no less rejoiced to learn that Amilcar, the head 

 of the party that went down the Gy-Parana, was also all 

 right, although his canoe too had been upset in the rapids, 

 and his instruments and all his notes lost. He had reached 

 Manaos on April 10. Fiala had gone home. Miller was 

 collecting near Manaos. He had been doing capital work. 



The piranhas were bad here, and no one could bathe. 

 Cherrie, while standing in the water close to the shore, was 

 attacked and bitten; but with one bound he was on the 

 bank before any damage could be done. 



We spent a last night under canvas, at Pyrineus's en- 

 campment. It rained heavily. Next morning we all gath- 

 ered at the monument which Colonel Rondon had erected, 

 and he read the orders of the day. These recited just what 

 had been accomplished : set forth the fact that we had now 



