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S. E. to the CaKo de Ygues j thence between the Rio l^ortu- 

 guesa and the Rio Guarico, towards the E. S. E., to the 

 mouth of the Apure ; and to the southward along the left 

 bank of the Oroonoko, from the 7° 3G' S. lat. as far as the 

 mouth of the Meta. Southern limit : the northern bank of 

 the Meta, as far as Las Rochellas de Chiricoas, between the 

 mouths of the Cailo Lindero and the Maeachare (the long, 

 perhaps 70° 45'). Western limit : first, from the left bank 

 of the Meta, to the N. W. across the plains of Cassanare, 

 between Gaardualito and the Villa de Arauca, then, to the 

 N. N. W. above Quintero and the mouth of the Rio Nula, 

 which joins the Apure after the Rio Orivante, toward the 

 sources of the Rio Canagua, and the foot of the Paramo de 

 Porquera. Northern limit : the south-east declivity of the 

 Cordillera de Merida, from the Paramo de Porquera, between 

 La Grita and Pedraza, as far as the ravine of Lavellaca, in 

 the road of Los Callejones, between Varinas de Merida and 

 the sources of the Rio Guanare, situate N. N. W. of Bocono. 

 Cities : Varinas, Obispos, Eocono, Guanarito, San Jaime, San 

 Fernando de Apure, Mijagual, Guardualito, and Pedraza. 

 By comparing my map of the province of Varinas with the 

 maps of La Cruz, Lopez, and Arrowsmith, it will be per- 

 ceived what confusion has hitherto prevailed in the labyrinth 

 of rivers that form the tributary streams of the Apure and 

 the Oroonoko. 



e.) Province of Maracaybo, (together with Truxillo and 

 Merida) comprising 42,500 English square miles, of rather 

 less extent than the state of New York. Northern limit : 

 the shore of the Caribbean Sea, from the Cano de Oribono 

 (to the westward of the Rio Maticores) as far as the mouth 

 of the Rio Calancala, a little to the eastward of the great 

 river del Hacha. Western limit : a line first stretching 

 from the coast to the southward, between the Villa de 

 Reyes, called also Valle de Upar, and the small group of 

 mountains (Sierra de Pcrija) that rise on the west of the 



