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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 emharcadero, 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, cahigj. 



Maize, Niarne. 



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



The Moon, Jama, (in Saliva, vexioj. 



Water, Ahia, (in Saliva, cagua). 



One, Nianti. 



Two, Tajus. 



Three, Percotahnja. 



Four, Imontegroa. 



* The Piaroas or Piraoas of the Ventuari were visited by 

 father Forneri, a jesuit. 



+ 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. 



