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feathers of the macaw ; from the lower lip and the extremity of the nose and 

 ears strings of shells are pendant. They are cannibals, and, when any are 

 seriously ill, their relations kill and eat them, before the disease can cut the 

 tliread of life. The Chimanos and the Culinos are well known, amongst other 

 tribes, from having the face very round and the eyes extremely large. 



Castro d' Avelaens is inhabited by Indians of different nations, with a church 

 dedicated to St. Christovam, on the margin of the Amazons, twenty miles above 

 the mouth of the Ica. It was first established lower down, between the small 

 rivers Aruty and Matura, in the territory of the Cambevas, and experienced 

 four other changes, similar to the preceding povoa^oes, before it was finally 

 fixed in its present situation. In the interval from this town to the river Hyu- 

 tahy, the small rivers Capatana, Aruty, Matura, Maturacupa, and the Patia 

 enter the Amazons. 



Ollivenca, ci-devant St. Paulo, by which name it is yet occasionally called, is 

 a small place, well situated upon the margin of the Amazons, forty miles above 

 Castro d' Avaleans. It has had several removals, and was incorporated with 

 the aldeia of St. Pedro, about one mile above the place where it now stands. 

 Its first inhabitants were Cambeva, Tecuna, Juri, and Passe Indians. In the 

 interval between Castro d' Avaleans and Ollivenca the small rivers Acuruhy 

 and Jandiatiba discharge themselves. 



The town of St. Joze, situated upon the Amazons, thirty-five miles from 

 Ollivenca and ten below the Hyabary, is occupied by Tacuna Indians, who cul- 

 tivate the necessaries of life and pursue hunting and fishing. Between this 

 town and Ollivenca are the rivers Acuty, Camatia, Pacuty, Macapuana, and 

 HyurUparitapera, and between the same town and the Hyabary is the lake 

 Maracanatyba. 



Near the embouchure of the Hyabary is the prezidio of Tabatinga, dedicated 

 to St. Francisco Xavier. Upwards of sixteen hundred miles are computed by 

 the canoe-men from Para to this place, and they consume eighty-seven days in 

 the voyage. , .wi. 



