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PROVINCE OF GUIANNA. 



lake Uadauhau, the river Ememeneny, the waters of the lakes Curuicii and 

 Uariary, and the river Uanauhan. On the western margin the rivers Coratiri- 

 raani, Eniuini, Ayarani, Cauarae, and Ucayay. 



Fifty miles above Carvoeyra is the parish of Poyares, upon the same side of 

 the Rio Negro, ornamented with a church of Santa Angelo, and occupied by 

 the Manao, Bare, and Passe Indians. Between Carvoeyra and Poyares the 

 river Cauhaury enters the Rio Negro, on the southern side ; and, on the western, 

 the small rivers Uanapixi, Uaniba, and Cuaru. 



Barcellos, twenty miles above Poyares, on the same margin of the river, is 

 the largest town of the province, being for many years the residence of its 

 governors, with a church of Our Lady of Concei<jao, and inhabitants of various 

 classes, who are agriculturists, fishermen, hunters, and dealers. In the interval 

 between Poyares and Barcellos the Rio Negro only receives the Uatahanary, 

 eight miles below the latter place, on the southern side ; on the northern, the 

 small rivers Uyrauhau, Hyamurauhau, and Buhybuhy, the latter in front of the 

 same town. 



Fifty miles above Barcellos is the small town of Moreyra, on an eminence, 

 upon the southern bank of Rio Negro. Nossa Senhora do Carmo is the 

 patroness of its church, and its inhabitants are descendants of Europeans mar- 

 ried to Indian females. In the interval from Barcellos to Moreyra the Rio 

 Negro receives, on the southern side, the rivers Barury and Quihyuny, and the 

 small rivers Aratahy and Quemehueury ; on the northern, the Parataqui and 

 the Uaraca, which receives, on the left, the Demene, upon whose margins 

 formerly dwelt the Guianna Indians. 



Thomar, a small town, fifty miles above Moreyra, with potteries along the 

 southern margin of the Rio Negro, is situated in a country well adapted for the 

 culture of indigo. Its church is of Our Lady of Rozario, and the inhabitants 

 are composed of persons of divers complexions, who collect only the necessaries 

 of subsistence. It began one hundred miles higher up, for the habitation of the 

 Manao, Bare, Uayuana, and Passe tribes. In the interval from Moreyra to 

 Thomar the Rio Negro receives, on the southern side, the Urarira, whose mar- 

 gins were possessed formerly by the valorous Manao Indians, who extended 

 themselves as far as the river Chiuara. They admitted two gods — one the 

 author of good, denominated Mauary, the other of evil, called /Samw/ie. Their 

 idiom prevailed amongst the other tribes with whom they lived. On the northern 

 margin it receives the river Uerere, whose territories were, in other times, inha- 

 bited by the Carahyahy and Uaryhua nations ; and the Padauiry, opposite the 



