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CHAPTER XII. 
THE CATARACTS OF THE UAUPES. 
Start for the Uaupes — Sao Jeronymo and Jauarite — Indians run away— 
Numerous cataraets — Heach Caruru — Ditfieult passage — Painted 
Malocca — Devil Music — More falls — Ocoki — Curious rocks — 
Reach Uarucapuri — Cobeu Indians— Reach Mucura — An Indian’s 
house and family — Height above the sea — Tenente Jesuino — Return 
to Uarucapuri — Indian prisoners — Voyage to Jauarite — Correcting 
the calendar — Delay at Sao Jeronymo. 
At length, on Eebmary 16th, two months and twenty- 
three days after my arrival at Sao Joaquim, I left on my 
voyage np the Uaupes. I was still so weak, that I had 
great difficulty in getting in and out of the canoe ; but 
I thought I should be as well there, as confined in the 
house; and as I now longed more than ever to return 
home, I wished first to make this voyage, and get a few 
living birds and animals to take with me. I had seven 
Uaupes Indians, that Senhor L. had brought from Sao 
Jeronymo, in order to take me up the river. Three 
more, who had already received payment for the voyage, 
did not appear; and, though they knew very well the 
