JOURNEY 



TO THE 



EQUINOCTIAL REGIONS 



OF 



THE NEW CONTINENT. 



CHAPTER XX. 



The Mouth of the Rio Anaveni.—Peak of Vni- 

 ana. — Mission of Atures. Cataract, or Rau- 

 dal of Mapara. — Islets of Surupamana, and 

 Uirapuri. 



The river of the Oroonoko, in running from 

 south to north, is crossed by a chain of granitic 

 mountains. Twice confined in it's course, it 

 turbulently breaks on the rocks, that form steps 

 and transverse dykes. Nothing can be grander 

 than the aspect of this spot. Neither the fall 

 of the Tequendama*, nor the magnificent scenes 

 of the Cordilleras, could weaken the impression 

 produced upon my mind by the first view of the 



* Near Santa Fe de Bogota. 

 VOL. V. II 



