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town of Thomar, which is a large river of white-coloured water, and traverses 

 the lands of the ancient Oremanaos, gathering on the left the Uexie Mirira. 



Ten miles above Thomar is Lamalonga, an Indian povoa9ao of Manaos, 

 Bares, and Banibas, situated on the right bank of the Rio Negro. Some dis- 

 pute between the Captains Alexander de Souza Cabary and Joze Joam Dary, 

 residents of Thomar, occasioned the latter to retire with his people to this situa- 

 tion, where they founded a church dedicated to St. Joze ; it was afterwards 

 augmented by the Indians of the aldeia of Auacyhyda, which was ten miles 

 higher up the river. 



Fifty miles beyond Lamalonga is the parish of St. Izabel, an Indian povoa^ao 

 of Uaupes, on the southern bank of the Rio Negro, which, in this interval, 

 receives, on the right, the Chibaru and Maba, and, on the left, the Hyhyaha and 

 Daraha. 



Sixty miles above St. Izabel is the aldeia of Maracaby, on the northern 

 margin of the Rio Negro, whose current is here very violent, in consequence of the 

 stones which overspread its bed, occasioning the canoes to be unloaded. In 

 this interval the rivers Hyurubaxy, Uayhuana, Uenenexy, and Chuiara, enter 

 the Rio Negro on the right : the first forms large lakes above its bar, and com- 

 municates with the Hyapura. The rivers Marauya, Hyarudy, Inabu, Abuara, 

 Sabururuha, Diba, and Cauabury enter it on the left. The margins of the 

 Marauya, which were formerly inhabited by the Caranaos, who made a very long 

 resistance to the Manaos, have cocoa and sarsaparilla near the serras ; these 

 productions are also common on the borders of some of the other rivers. 



After Maracaby are the parishes of Caldas on the northern bank, and almost 

 in front of it, on the southern, is Loreto ; further on, St. Pedro, on the opposite 

 side ; and afterwards St. Antonio, on the southern margin, inhabited by Bare, 

 Macu, and Meppury Indians. 



Ten miles above, on the same side, is the aldeia of St. Joam Nepomuceno : 

 in this interval no currents enter the Rio Negro. 



Forty miles further, on the opposite bank, is the parish of St. Bernardo. 

 This interval is covered with large stones, and, having two falls, is passed with 

 great difficulty. On the right, the rivers Maria and Curicuriau, and on the 

 left the Uacaburu, Maruhueny, Uhuhybara, Cassabu, and Miuha enter the 

 Rio Negro. 



Twelve miles above, on the northern side, is the parish of Nazareth, occupied 

 by Ayriney, Baremacu, and Meppury Indians. 



