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JOURNEY. 



ing out of the canoe to bear it from a rock, 

 and jumping in again when it was rapidly 

 moving on. 



It is by the junction of this river with the 

 stream of Citera, that it is proposed to make a 

 canal, (so that there may be no land-carriage 

 from Citera to Novita,) and thereby connect 

 the Pacific with the Atlantic Ocean. 



After winding for about a league up this 

 brook, which was in many places impervious 

 to the rays of the sun, from the thickness of 

 the foliage that crossed over head, we arrived 

 at a woodland path, where we made the canoe 

 fast and commenced our journey. I found the 

 road execrable in parts. My sillero had to 

 cross over bridges formed by a single log of 

 wood. I by no means relished this, and, in- 

 deed, my situation was not at all comfortable, 

 as, had his foot slipped, I should most likely 

 have broken my neck. Nearly the whole of 

 the road was formerly made by the Spaniards, 

 of wood placed crossways, or, if they had 

 large timber, laid lengthways. This, through 

 neglect, has fallen into decay ; and from want 

 of repair is in a very wretched plight. After 



