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was full tide about eleven o’clock at night; according to Phillips, the 
tide flowed some miles above this place. ‘The current of the river was 
found by the boats to be about a mile and a half the hour. 
Having passed a comfortable night, (more by reason of their own 
fatigue than the comforts of the mbure,) notwithstanding the musqui- 
toes and bats, which were both very numerous, they left the town of 
Coronganga at an early hour in the morning. The best possible under- 
standing existed between themselves and the natives, and they distri- 
buted presents to the chiefs, for which the latter expressed many thanks. 
Shortly after leaving Coronganga, they passed the town of Nacundi, 
containing about six hundred inhabitants. The scenery here was 
beautiful, being embellished by many clumps of noble trees, resembling 
our oaks in their wide-spreading branches, covered with vines, and 
interspersed with ferns and tall graceful palms. The banks were here 
twelve feet high, and steep. From appearance the country is thickly 
populated, notwithstanding the destructive wars which have been 
