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interior of Minas Geraes, both considerable. After a course of many leagues, 

 and having gathered various streams by both margins, it forms a large and 

 interesting fall denominated Urubu Punga, which is an insurmountable barrier 

 to all sorts of fish ; and, consequently, there are in its vicinity immense 

 shoals of divers kinds, which may become a lucrative branch of commerce to 

 the future dwellers near this magnificent cascade, which produces a loud mur- 

 mur that is heard at the distance of many leagues. 



A little below it, the river Cururuhy discharges itself, flows from the interior 

 of Goyaz, and traverses the territory of the Cayapos. About ten miles lower, 

 it receives the waters of the important river Tiete, in front of which embou- 

 chure there are two islands, each about ten miles long. 



Seven miles further, the river Sucurihu enters it by the western bank, below 

 the mouth of which there is a dangerous current, called Jupia. 



Five miles lower, the island of Comprida (Long Island) commences, which 

 is upwards of twenty miles in extent ; and eight miles below its southern extre- 

 mity, the river Aguapehi flows into the Paranna, on the left margin ; and 

 fifteen miles further, the Verde, on the western side, in front of its mouth, 

 there are two parallel islands, neither exceeding a league in length. 



Thirty-five miles below the preceding tributary, the small river Onca enters 

 it by the same margin ; and about fifty miles further, it is increased by the 

 Pardo, which also enters on the right, and affords a communication to 

 Camapuan. 



Five miles below this confluence is that of the inconsiderable river St. 

 Anasta^io, which flows from the east. Eighty miles further, the Parannapa- 

 nema enters, opposite the mouth of which there is an island about seven miles 

 in extent : four miles beyond its southern point, another commences, of ten 

 miles in length ; and a little below the latter, a third, which is nearly thirty 

 miles long. Three miles further than the southern extremity of this island, the 

 central mouth of the river Ivinheyma is discovered, which flows from the west. 



The Paranna is here little less than seven miles in width, and contains a 

 number of large islands. Near thirty miles below the Ivinheyma, the Ivahi 

 discharges, flowing hither in a westerly direction, and six miles lieyond its 

 mouth, is an island near fifteen miles long ; in front of its centre, the Amam- 

 bahy contributes its volume to the Paranna, after a course from the westward. 



In the vicinity of the last isle, is the island of Grande, or Large Island, not 

 being much less in extent than seventy miles, and of considerable width ; it 

 terminates four miles above the Seven Falls. A little more than seven miles 



