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MaOPITYANS or I'koG INDIA.NS. 
922. On the 8th July they struck camp, Yarimoko joining the party 
with the whole of his houseliokl — men, women and children, dogs, pur- 
rots, etc. : a l)oat had been despatolied some days beforehand to the 
Maopityans. in order (o pick up tlic provisions that had been got ready 
at his village. In (he course of the day a peculiar sickness Itefell one of 
tlie young uieu. His tongue and gums began to bleed so profusely, 
without any apparent cause, that within a short time he fainted : the 
blood streamed most actively froui a s]K)t where a molar had been ex- 
tracted umny years previously. It was ouly subsequently that the 
hemorrhag(' was stopped with the helj» of wai'ui vinegar: the ]>atient was 
so exhausted next uiovniug that he could hardly move. 
Ü23. On the day follow iug they reached the mouth of the Uraua, 
where tliey left Iheir woodskins, to travel on land. The expected 
Maopityans not having put in an appeaiance, they were obliged to leave 
a portion of their baggage behind. 2s\'xt day a loud barking indicated 
the approach of strangers and, shortly afterwards their messengers 
and 14 Maopityans stood in front of tlieui. The latter differed 
essentially both in build of body and in attire from all other Indians 
that my brotlier had become acquainted with during* the course of 
his travels. Although their height quite corres]>onded with the other 
Indians, their figure if more slender was nevertheless more bony than 
that of the Tai-uuuis. Their head was compressed laterally, and their 
facial expression, on account of the lustrous eyes, brighter. They wore 
their hair tied up into a long tail carried in a 10 to 12 inch sort of cone 
made of palm-leaves from A\hich a number of strings with the most 
variegated feathcr-attachmeuts fell dependent. Amongst them were 
four women who wore in ea<'h ear a rounded piece of bone froui which 
feathers connected to strings likewise hung down. The men had stuck 
2-inch long pieces of bambu in their ears and the cheeks behind the 
corners of the mouth were pierced by little sticks also decorated with 
feathers. 
924. After the first salutation ceremony, the arriving Indians 
readily went off to the mouth of the Frana to fetch the baggage that 
had been left there. 
925. During the lltli and 12th July the road ran straight towards 
E.S.E. It led over ranges of hills. 100 to 150 ft. high. Avhich alternated 
with swampy valleys. The latter were occupied by Mauritia aciileata, 
Oenocarpns Botava, 0. Bacaha, Asirocartjum murnmnra^ Irartea exor- 
rhiza, Eiito-pe and iuHHui('r,able Srifaiinneae. Next morning they crossed 
the small sti'cam Onoro, which falls into the Essequi)»o, and followed its 
valley until they pitched camp at tlie foot of a mountain. The distant 
noise of falling water indicated the presence of a cataract, Avhich my 
brother in company with Goodall and some of the Maopityans visited 
by evening. The Onoro shoots over a steep precipice from a height of 
100 feet down into the valley that they had been following till now. 
926. On the morning after, they climbed Mt. Zibingaatzacko, c-i'ossed 
the Ouoro again, and thence continued their journey up hifl and down dale 
over mountains and heights. Mauritia flexuosa covered the valleys. 
