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which stretched from N. to S., and at the base of which the river 
Weuamu ran its course. 
()50. In the neighbourhood of Mt. Auran-tipu the dark*-coloured 
Marawar joined the Wenamu. Somewhat distant from the place of 
junction was the settlement of Arikanang with 4 houses and 50 occu- 
pants: they were now in the country of the Akawai. The village was 
in 6° 26' lat. and 61° 17' long. W. 
651. On 2nd January they set out on their journey down the 
Wenamu, the course of wliich Avas from South to Korth. The high but 
isolated sandstone mountains on the right or eastern bank of the river 
pursued a direction from W.N.W. to E.S.E. On the morning of 3rd 
January they had to pass several rapids. O^-ing to the cai'elessness of 
(he captain the woodskln that carried the kitchen wares, salt, etc., 
struck on a rock 'and .sank, andlthey hardly managed to save the people, 
especially Adams, the lanky cook who was more worried over his pouch, 
that coutained some of his spare cash, than over his life. Until their 
return to Georgetow'n they therefore had to use calabashes instead of 
plates, and fingers instead of forks. There was no more salt now for 
the table. 
052. Soon after midday, the junction of the Wenamu and Cuyuni 
was reached. They stayed at the neighbouring Akaw^ai settlement 
until January 7th. The junqtion is in 6° 44^ lat. N. and 61° 15' long. W. 
A few days' journey farther up, the Yuruari River joins the Cuyuni. By 
means of a short portage an active trade is found on it wath the Indians 
of the Caroni. 
653. The party now followed the course of the Cuyuni: the huge 
sandstone ranges ran nearly E. to S. As they only had woodskins the 
many rapids and cataracts made the journey unusually dangerous. In 
the evening they got to the Carib settlement which Mr. Hillhouse had 
visited coming up the stream. According to his distances, as he gives 
them in the London Geographical Society's journal, the village must lie 
far on the other side of the Caroni. 
654. The following midday tliey came to the mouth of the EkruyW^u, 
which is al)Out as wide as the Wenamu, and has the icoffee-lirown sedi- 
ment of the Eio Negro. In the neighbourhood of the mouth rise the 
steeply precipitous much-notched and uneven walls of the Ekreku 
mountains which Avithout doultt constitute the most northerly spur of 
the Roraima range. Towards csiening they pitched their camp at the 
mouth of the Curuma which flows through the savannahs that reach 
here northerly from the Caroni, and where numerous herds of cattle are 
pastured. The Spanish post Cadiva was formerly estal)lished on the 
opposite side of the Curuma mouth. Mt. Maurucaru, also of sandstone 
formation, lay to the S.E. A mountain similar to Maurucaru the 
Indians called Yapong. 
655. On the afternoon of the 10th Januai*y they had reached the 
mouth of the Acarabisi and found themselves once more on known 
channels. On the 17th they got to Cartabo Point and on the 18th to our 
mutual friend Bernau at liartika Grove from where my brother return- 
ed to Pirara via Georgetown. 
