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I will here give the description in the Journal of 
the various falls he visited during his excursion to 
the Jauarit6 caxoeira with Agostinho, above referred 
to.J 
The Falls and an Excursion up the River 
The first fall on the Rio Uaupes is that of 
Panure, less than a mile above the village of Sao 
Jeronymo. Panure is the ancient Indian name 
of the village, and has been lately restored to it. 
The river is here divided into two narrow channels, 
in each of which there is a dangerous fall. The 
height is apparently not great, but from the narrow- 
ness of the channels, and the rocks obstructing 
them, the waters are very tumultuous, and even 
Indians who fall in here mostly perish. The only 
person known to have gone down the falls of 
Panure alive was an Indian boy who was in a 
canoe that was carried away by the current, filled 
with water, overset, and was sucked down by the 
whirlpools at the base of the fall. After going 
down several times and coming up again as often, 
to be rapidly whirled round and round, it at last 
floated out, and the boy, who had never released 
his hold on it, had sustained only a few^ bruises. 
The marvel is that both boy and canoe were not 
dashed to pieces, for large trunks of trees caught in 
that whirlpool go down root foremost and either 
stick at the bottom or come up again torn to 
shivers. 
There is a portage of some half a mile ascending 
a rather steep path into the forest and again 
descending to the river at a point well above the 
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