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J'HE RAPADURA, 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



CITERA VOYAGE DOWN THE ATRATO SEA 



VOYAGE TO CARTHAGENA. 



At noon, to my great joy, the canoe appear- 

 ed ; and embarking my baggage, by half-past 

 one we set off, steering to the westward : 

 the stream very shallow and narrow — the In- 

 dians every moment obliged to get out and 

 drag the canoe along. We were much annoy- 

 ed by numerous trees in our course ; which, 

 however, the Indians avoided with great dex- 

 terity. Having descended for two hours, we 

 came to the influx of another stream, called 

 Rapadura, coming from the north-east, which, 

 uniting here with the stream of Citera (or Rio 

 Pablo), gives its name to the river from this 

 point, and is called Rapadura ; — it runs west- 

 north-west. The river gradually increased 



