JOURNEY 



TO THE 



EQUINOCTIAL REGIONS 



OF 



THE NEW CONTINENT. 



BOOK IX. 

 CHAPTER XXV. 



Llanos Del Pao, or the eastern part of the Plains 

 (Llanos) of Venezuela. Missions of the Ca- 

 ribbees. Last abode on the coast of Nueva 

 Barcelona, Cumana, and Araya. 



It was night when we crossed for the last time 

 the bed of the Oroonoko. We purposed to rest 

 near the little fort of San Rafael, and the next 

 morning at daybreak to begin our journey 

 through the steppes of Venezuela. Nearly six 

 weeks had elapsed since our arrival at Angos- 

 tura ; and we earnestly wished to reach the 

 coast, in order to find a vessel at Cumana, or 

 at Nueva-Barcelona, in which we might em- 

 bark for the island of Cuba, and proceed thence 



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