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which descend by the river, and are destined for exportation. It has a manu- 

 factory of cord from piacaha, one for weaving cotton cloth, and a pottery, all 

 worked on accoimt of the treasury. The main part of the cattle killed here 

 are embarked from the royal fazendas of Rio Branco. Above the extremity of 

 the town the Cachoeira discharges itself, which, four miles distant, forms a 

 handsome cataract, whose murmuring descent is heard at this place. 



One hundred miles above the capital is the parish of Ayrao, with a church 

 of St. Elias, on the southern margin of the Rio Negro. It first began upon a 

 large bay near the capital, for the habitation of the Taruma and Aroaqui In- 

 dians. In the interval between these places the Rio Negro receives, on the 

 southern margin, the Hyborena, and on the northern, the Ayurim, the Anauene, 

 and the small rivers Cunamau, Mapauhau, and Uacriuan, which empties itself 

 almost in front of Ayrao. 



Moura is a small town, forty miles above Ayrao, of an agreeable aspect, and 

 with some regularity, upon the right bank of the Rio Negro. Thechurch is of St. 

 Ritta, and its inhabitants are principally descendants of whites and Indian 

 females. It originated in the assemblage of four Indian nations — the Cara- 

 hyahys, Cocuannas, Mannaus, and Jumas, after which it had one or two re- 

 movals previously to being fixed in its present situation. A little above Ayrao, 

 the Jaumuhi enters the Rio Negro, and fifteen miles below Moura the Anany, 

 both connecting the river that receives them with the Cadaya, the eastern arm 

 of the Hyapura, through the medium of the large lake Atinineni, in whose 

 vicinity the cupahyba, or capivi, trees abound. The Hyanapary, by corruption 

 Jaguapiri, enters the northern margin of the Rio Negro, almost in front of 

 Moura. This river, whose waters are white, has an extensive course. The 

 Aroaqui Indians extend themselves from its banks to those of the before-men- 

 tioned Anauene. 



Twenty-eight miles above Moura, on the southern margin of the Rio Negro, 

 is the parish of Carvoeyro, having experienced several changes of situation, with 

 a church of St. Alberto, and inhabitants mainly of the Manau, Parauanno, and 

 Maranacuacena nations. Between Moura and Carvoeyro not one river enters 

 the Rio Negro by the southern bank ; on the northern the large river Branco, 

 (White,) so called from the colour of its waters, discharges itself by four mouths, 

 three very near, being formed by two small islands, the other, called Amay- 

 auhau, is fifteen miles above. This river is the largest confluent of the Rio 

 Negro, and rises in the southern skirts of the serra Barocayna, receiving, on the 

 eastern side, in the following order, the small river Macoary, the outlet of the 



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