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rivulet, on reaching which he quits theMaranon); and in two, to the haven by the 

 river Chuchunga. From the haven to the passage there are two days' journies by 

 land, which are performed on foot, partly by intricate forests, and partly across 

 swampy grounds ; and from the passage, which is so called because the Maranon is 

 there crossed in a balsa to Pomara, the traveller reaches Tomependa in one day 

 with the aid of a mule, and in two on foot. 



DESCENT BY THE MARANON FROM THE LAKE TO THE PORT OF TEFE, A POR- 

 TUGUESE COLONY. 



Towards the close of the details relative to my peregrination by the river Huallaga, 

 drawn up by the Academical Society, mention was made* of the time required in 

 descending, in canoes, which make a very rapid progress by day and by night, from 

 the above-mentioned lake to Tefe. The information there given was communi- 

 cated to me, at the town of Gran Cocama, by Don Juan Salinas Zenitayoga, com- 

 mander of the fourth division of the limits of the Maranon, lieutenant-governor of 

 the province of Maynas, &c. who is well versed in the navigation of the Maranon, 

 which he has praftised more than twelve j'^ears. To this information I have now to add 

 the result of my own practical observations, namely, that if the navigation be per- 

 formed in large barks laden with merchandizes, twenty days are occupied in the above- 

 mentioned descent, instead of the eight employed by the canoes, on a supposition 

 that the barks are not engaged, in the prosecution of the voyage, more than twelve 

 hours each day. To ascend from Tefe to the lake requires nearly treble that time ; 

 since from the port of Tefe to that of Caysara, one day is spent ; to Tontevoa, 

 seven; to the port of Matura, eight; to San Pablo, three ; to Yaguari, six; to 

 the frontier of Tabatinga, one and a half (the places thus far recapitulated are Por- 

 tuguese establishments) ; to that of Loretto, two (here commence the towns of the 

 Maynas missions) ; to Camucheros, three ; to Pevas, four ; to Napeanos, five ; to 

 Omaguas, three ; to San Regis, three and a half ; to Urarinas, nine ; and to the 

 lake, three days ; amounting in the whole to fifty-nine days. 



Doftor Mariano Salazar, reftor of Yurimaguas, to whom I was indebted for the 

 necessary supplies, in the descent from his town by the Huallaga, gave me the fol- 



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