CHAPTER XII. 
Return of »ly hrotJicr from the sources of the Corentyn— Results of this 
Expedition — Taruma Settlements — Barokoto Indians — Muopityans 
or Fro(j Indians — Waterfall of the Onoro — -Basin of the Amazons 
— Caphiimcin — Settlement of the last of the Maopityans — Mt. 
Karam uzin — Cataracts of the Caphiwain — Zurumata Indians — 
Junction of the Wanamu with the Caphitcuin — KapJiu — Basin of 
the Wanamu — Indian Hieroglyphics — Cataracts of the \V<inamu — 
Watershed Jx-tirccn the Amazons and Conntyn — Pia n(tyhof tos — • 
Junction of the Curuni with the Cutari — Cataracts of the Corentyn 
■ — Waterfall Frederich William IV.— Path of Don Francisco Jose 
Bodrigtie.: Barata hetireen the Corentyn and Fsscf/aiho — Rcintn to 
(ieoryetou-n — E.vcursion up the Demerara — Float iny grass-flats — 
Donacohius rocifera)is—Nectandra Rodiei — The Chain of Sandhills 
— Fauna and Flora of the Same — Golden Hill — Bends of the Dem- 
erara — KasJnrima Hill — Tult)ir papa — Tributaries of the Dem- 
erara — dranilc Masses — Rapids — Ororu Mallali or Big Fall — Topo- 
graphical and Statistical Remarks concerning British Cuiuna — 
Return to Europe. 
908. My brother and his party left Watu-Ticaba on the morning of 
P>rd June Init were obliged to leave a lar^e proportion of their provisions 
behind, ow ing- to several of the Indians wlio liad promised to accompany 
them, absenting themselves. On the foUoAving day they entered the 
virgin forest and soon crossed a small stream that flowed into the 
Guidaru. The terrain consisted of rolling ground which here and there 
was covered with (piartz and granite boulders. Towards noon they 
reached the last settlement of the Atorai. It comprised a moderately 
large lound house in which were slung not less than six hammocks, aU 
of which were occu])ied. Thick bushes of Bi.rn Orellana and slim ])alms 
(probaldy a Euterpe) with a thickness^ of 19 inches at the base of the 
trunk and a height of 100 feet, surrounded the house. According to 
several circum-meridian altitudes of gamma of the Great Bear and alpha 
of (he Cross the position of the house was 1!^ IS' 24" lat.X. The meridian 
distance from Pirara amounted to 21 miles East. 
909. They continued their journey on the following day, cut across 
the river Dohte, one of the largest tiibutaries of the upper Guidaru. and 
soon once more struck innumerable granite boulders which, like those 
just mentioned, stretched from Korth to South. They reached the 
Carawaimi Range about 1.000 ft. high with its highest peak about 2,000 
feet, lying to the east of it. Continued rain forced them to pitch their 
tent already by the afternoon . 
910. After cutting across several baml>u thickets on the 6th June 
they stood on the bank of the Guidaru, which here had a width of but 
20 feet. On the opposite Viank they had to wade through numerous 
swamps, which were thick with a species of cacao ( Theohroma hicolor?) : 
thp trees, for the most part, were .'0 feet in height and their, seeds for 
