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us to the head of the river Rutuno, a considerable 
stream whose mouth we had seen below Sara-yacu. 
All the way along it there are tambos of inhabitants 
of Sara-yacu, Puca-yacu, and Canelos, who go 
there to wash gold. 
After the Rutuno the head of the river Tigre is 
passed ; this river holds its course nearly midway 
between Pastasa and Napo, and falls into the 
Maranon. 
A large stream, the Villano, is next passed ; this 
runs into the river Curaray, whose junction with the 
Napo is not far from the mouth of the latter. 
From the Villano we come to its tributary, the 
Giguino, on which there is a largish pueblo of 
Zaparos. 
Next to this is another tributary of the Villano — 
Callana-yacu, and then we come to 
Ananga-yacu, which runs direct into the Curaray. 
The Curaray itself is now reached. On this 
also. are several Zaparos. 
The Noshiiro, to which we now come, has a 
pueblo of Zaparos ; it runs direct into the Napo, as 
does also the Washka-yacu. 
Passing these, we reach the Napo, at a small 
pueblo called Aguana, not far from Santa Rosa ; 
whence there is a route over the Cordillera to Quito 
which is impassable from June to September on 
account of the streams being swollen by the melting 
of the snows on Cotopaxi, as also by the depth of 
snow on the highest point of the pass. 
The Governor, Don Gabriel Cordena, is an 
elderly man of about fifty, with quiet and very 
devout manners. He has been twelve years on 
