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PROVINCE OF MATTO GROSSO. 



The southern district is denominated Camapuania. 



rMatto Grosso, on the west. 

 The central district comprises < Cuiaba, central. 



' Bororonia, on the east. 



f Juruenna, on the west. 

 The northern district comprises < Arinos, central. 



'Tappiraquia, on the east. 



District of Camapuania. 

 The rivers Tocoary, Cochim, Camapuan, and Pardo, the origin of which 

 approximating, the three first flowing westward and the last eastward, separate 

 the district of Camapuania into north and south, the northern limits of which is 

 a chain of mountains, that in the latitude of about 13° extend themselves from 

 east to west, and from whence emanate the Paraguay and its first branches 

 to the southward, and those which form the Tapajos and the Zingu to the 

 northward. 



This district, which derives its name from the river Camapuan, is bounded on 

 the w est by the river Paraguay ; on the south by the Chichuhi and Igurey ; on 

 the east by the Paranna ; and comprises a tract of territory of upwards of three 

 hundred and fifty miles square. It is a country almost universally flat, and 

 has its woods chiefly in the vicinity of the rivers. It consists principally 

 either of catingas (not adapted to agriculture) or plains, and is irrigated by a great 

 number of rivers, the most considerable of which originate in a range of land 

 from north to south, of very trifling elevation, and denominated the serra Am- 

 ambuhi, dividing the canton into east and west. A vast portion of the western 

 part is annually submerged by the inundations of the Paraguay, which in some 

 parts covers more than seventy miles of plain. 



Mineralogy. — Gold, calcareous stone, granite, variety of argils, diamonds, 

 and other precious stones. 



Phytology. — The vegetable on which the cochineal breeds, and the shrub 

 which produces matte, are very common in various situations ; a diversity of 

 palm trees, caju-nut trees, four sorts of excellent gtmhiroha fruit, three of the 

 uvaspiriticas, the fruit similar to a grape, and the plant to the strawberry. The 

 Paraguaynians make various beverages of it. 



Rivers. — The Tocoary, Pardo, Mondego, Igatimy, Correntes, Ippanne 

 Gua9U, Miamaya, Ivinheima, and the Negro, are the principal. 



The river Pardo, (Grey,) so called from the colour of its waters, is formed by 



