456' 



state, when the Apure, like an arm of the sea, 

 covers the savannahs as far as the eye can 

 reach ! We discerned toward the South the 

 lonely hills of Coruato ; while to the East the 

 granitic rocks of Curiquima, the sugarloaf of 

 Caycara, and the mountains of the Tyrant f 

 ( Cerros del Tirano) began to rise on the horizon. 

 It is not without emotion, that we behold for 

 the first time, after long expectation, the waters 

 of the Oroonoko, at a point so distant from the 

 coast. 



* This name alludes no doubt to the expedition of Antonio 

 Sedeno : thus the port of Caycara, opposite Cabruta, still 

 bears the name of this Conquistador. 



