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coes are known ; one, on the Ventuari, above 

 the Rio Mariata* ; the second, on the Padamo, 

 north of the mountains of Maraguaca ; and the 

 third, near the Guahariboes, toward the sources 

 of the Oroonoko, above the Rio Gehette. This 

 last tribe bears the name of Maco-Macoes. I 

 collected the following words from a young* 

 Maco of the banks of the Cataniapo, whom we 

 met near the embarcadero, and who wore in 

 his ears, instead of a tusk of the pecari, a large 

 wooden cylinder-^. I shall here transcribe the 

 words, because they are not found among the 

 materials, which I communicated to Mr. Vater, 

 the learned author of Mithridates. 



Plantain, Paruru, (in Tamanac also, paruru). 



Cassava, Elente, (in Maco, cakig). 



Maize, Niarne. 



The Sun, Jama, (in Saliva, mumeseque cocco). 



The Moon, Jama (in Saliva, vexio). 



Water, Ahia (in Saliva, cagua). 



One, Nianti. 



Two, Tajus. 



Three, Percotahuja. 



Four, Imontegroa. 



* The Piaroas or Piraoas of the Ventuari were visited by 

 father Forneri, a jesuit. 



t This custom is observed among the Cabres, the Maypu. 

 res, and the Pevas of the Amazon. These last, described by 

 Mr. de la Condamine, stretch their ears by weights of a con- 

 siderable size. 



