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died Leagues. On the fore-mention'd Iiles dwell the Tttiriras i a modeft People, 

 who fpeak a bald Language ; in the Summer they live under the open Skic upon 

 the bare Earth, and in the Winter (being there between May and September) on the 

 tops of the Trees, becaufe during that time the River Orinoque rifing thirty Foot 

 higher, overflows all the Ides thereabouts, which are very high and mountainous. 

 But Raleigh himfelf Rowing up the River Amana, endur'd great hardfhip, his Men 

 being molt of them fweltred with the Heat, and great want of Provifions ; and had 

 not their Indian Pilot fhew'd them another Stream much eafier to Navigate, he 

 would have been fore'd to return fuccefslefs . but being ftor'd with Provifion out of 

 a Village built along the Shore, he chafed four Canoos, of which he took one and 

 alfo an An»acc& y which in fifteen days time brought him into the River Orinoque, 

 where he faw the high Mountains of Guiana ; afterwards Anchoring before a fair 

 fandyBank, which lay near the Mouth of three Rivers, he took abundance of 

 Tortoifes, and was furnifh'd with plenty of all forts of Provifions, fent him from 

 the Governor Toparimaca, who inhabited the pleafant Village Jrowocay, built on a 

 little Hill, furrounded with delightful Gardens, and Fields till'd by the Negro's ; 

 who accommodating Q^leigh with an experiene'd Pilot, he fet Sail with a frefh 

 Eafterly Wind, and Weft ward faw the Iiles AJfapana, twenty five Leagues long, and 

 fix broad, and Iwana, of the fame bignefs. The River Orinoque hath here thirty 

 Leagues in breadth, and receives the Rivers Arrawopana and Europa : He Sail'd next 

 by the Ifles Ocaywita and futayma, oppofite to which on the Main Land appears the 

 Mountain Oecope, whofe top reacheth the Clouds 5 on the right fide a Plain Court* 

 trey difcover'd itfelf a vaft way, which the Pilot faid was cali'd The Plain of Sayma, 

 extending Northerly a hundred and twenty Leagues to Cumana and Caracas, inha- 

 bited by four forts of People, yi^ the Saymas, Jjfa^ays, Wikeries, and Aroras . which 

 laft, being a Coal-black People, us'd poyfon'd Arrows, Raleigh paffing between 

 the two Mountains Aroami and Aio, came to an Anchor near the Ifland Murfcolima, 

 and from thence into the Haven Mwequito, where the King Topiawari, a hundred and 

 ten years of age,brought all forts of Fruit,Poultrey,Fifli and Flefli,and gave him an 

 Account of the Condition of Guiana, *k% That the whole Countrey from the Moun- 

 tains Waccarima to Emeria,botc the Name of 6«/Ww,the Inhabitants calling themfclves 

 Orinoque Tom $ on the other fide of the faid Mountains lies the fpacious Valley 

 Amariocapana, where the Guianiatas refide. Southerly the Oreiones and Epuremei, who 

 coming out of a ftrange Countrey, have deftroy'd .the ancient Inhabitants, lea- 

 ving onely the Avaaawaqueri and Cafiipagoios. The Epuremei built the (lately City Ma- 

 curevarai there. But Raleigh going on his Journey faw the Ifiand Caiama, and came 

 to the Mouth of the River Caroli, whofe ftrong Current he was not able to ftcm 

 wherefore hedefir'd Aid from JVanuretona, Governor of Canuria, who furnifli'd him 

 with Provifions, and Men to Toe him up the fore-mention'd Stream . and informed 

 him that the River Caroli, which fprung out of the Lake; Cafipa, was' inhabited on 

 one fide by the IwaraT>akm,*Xk& the Lake Cajsipa by three powerful People, vi^. the 

 Cafiapagotos, Eparagotos and Jramgotos, all mortal Enemies to the Spaniards ; where- 

 upon Raleigh fent fome of his Men thither, who return 'd with great hopes of find- 

 ing rich Gold-Mines. The fore-mention'd Lake alfo produces the Rivers Aroi, 

 Atoka, and Go^, near which dwell the Euaipanoma, who have neither Necks nor 

 Chins, but their Mouthes juft upon their Shoulders. Towards the North the Ri- 

 ver Cm falls into the Orinoque, and on the Weft the Stream Limo • between both 

 which the Cannibals refide, whofe Metropolis cali'd Acamacari is very famous for 

 their ftrange way of Trading; for there the Women are brought to Market, and 

 bought by the Jrmacc* : But becaufe great Showers of Rain fell daily, and the 



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