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to the eaftern diredtion ; and alfo thofe which join it 

 from the north. 



In the mountains and Cordilleras of Loja and Za- 

 mora rife feveral little rivei-s, the conflux of which 

 forms that of Santiago; and from thefe of Cuen^a, 

 others which unite in the Paute: but this, on its 

 union with the former, lofes its name, being abforb- 

 ed by the Santiago, (fo called from a city of that 

 name) near which it joins the two others from Lau- 

 ricocha and Apurimac. The river Morona ifTues 

 from the lofty deferts of Sangay ; and paffing very 

 near the city of Macas, runs in a S. E, courfe, till it 

 lofes itfelf in the principal channel of the Maranon ; 

 which happens at the difbance of about 20 leagues 

 E. of Borja, the capital of the government of May- 

 nas. . 



In the mountains of the jurifdi(ftion of Riobamba, 

 thofe of Latacunga and the town of San Miguel de 

 Ibarra, are the fources of the rivers Paftaza and Tigre ; 

 and from Cotopaxi and its Cordillera ilTue the firft 

 branches of the rivers Coca and Napo. Thefe, though 

 their fources are at no remarkable diftance, run to a 

 great extent before they join : and retaining the name 

 of Napo, fall into the Maranon, after a courfe of above 

 200 leagues in a dire61: line from E. to W. with fome, 

 though infenfible, inclinations to the S. This is the 

 river which father Chriftopher de Acuna, who will be 

 mentioned hereafter, takes for the true Maranon, to 

 which, as exceeding all the red in largenefs, the others 

 may be faid to add their waters. 



From the mountains of the jurifdidion of San 

 Miguel de Ibarra, and thofe of Paflo, ifTues the river 

 Putu-mayo, called alfo Ica, which, after running 

 S. E. and E. about 300 leagues, joins the Maranon 

 much more eaftward than the river Napo : laftly, in 

 the jurifdidtion of Popayan, the river Caqueta has its 

 origin, which becomes divided into two branches ; 

 the weiilern, called Yupura, difembogues itfelf into the 

 5 Maranon 



