river or the AMiEONS. 
333 
1,1 'y thj, r. 
Hn Perpi . '‘otn wliicn the product is derived ; so has an 
occurred in discovering the spring ot this 
■■%te , A 
■’ other in sending forth supplies for its in- 
’’t'er. All the provinces of Peru may be said 
3 m other in sending forth supplies for its in- 
V together with the many torrents which 
5 a^~|'“”3selves from the cordilleras, or clinins of the 
H by the snow and ice, pin to form a kind 
first scarcely deserved the name of a river. 
; thg,®® *^y Which this river is increased are so nu- 
'*([ >be~j cv(4fy which issues from the eastern cor- 
:\>ev‘’'‘3g with the, goverment of Popayan, where 
or Upura, originates, to the province of 
j.p ^’3 fhirty leagues of Lima, the capital, may 
all tv^'^'^oned among the number. P’or, be it oV>- 
thaiJl'® streams which run westward from this im- 
•'i widening as they advance from 

.Hipt,''^ conflux of others, form those mighty 
afterwards unite in that of the Amazons ; 
stilf *oine traverse a larger distance from theii 
%Nrsg which rise nearer, by receiving in their 
'^hcl,- §’'ORter number of brooks, and by conse- 
;ia.r‘>»ed 
a proportionate quantity of water, 
as having an equal claim to be called 
L The authors of the Peruvian Mercury, 
V^Otltg inquiries on this subject Ixive been given 
\ the “ Thp present state of Peru,” regard 
Ucayali as its real trunk, obsen'ing, amon; 
-'^urc 
and e 
®>'tiii, 
® Uc 
■ teas 
its 
confl 
ftiich 
3‘tied 
ftie X 
river of the Aniazons,' issues frotu the 
■ in the juris- 
south latitude. 
V 
I 
I 
v^f^raiion Ucayali at its origin 
^'11 “'driver of the iVniiiiuiia, 
I'af ^®Rr the city of Huanico, 
% tal „'^*> id eleven degrees of s 
jT^tiiy J®?sons, that it does not yield to this river in 
thft.,* ‘ts Waters-, but. on the contn 
”onfl 
hicli 
ill treating of the Apuriraac, tlie name 
the c* fl* Waters ; but, on the contrary, presents 
■ "^t tvl!- I with a greater breadth, and with a 
'Sie^'^Plaine^ °^ftges it to change its coui'se. This will 
®dutheni course almost to the twelfth 
Siti ft>rm- countiy belonging to that jurisdic- 
V <li ® Cn insensibly a circuit, flows eastward 
H;, fasten of Juaxa. After being precipitated 
' htOCBnj tire cordillera, or chain, of the 
