1852.] 
NUMEROUS CATARACTS. 
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we reached the ‘‘ Oomarie ” (a fruit) caxoeira, where 
there is a sitio. Here we dined off a fine fresh Tucu- 
nare, which an old man sold me ; and I agreed with his 
son, by the temptation of an axe, to go with me. We 
pulled the canoe up this rapid without unloading, which 
1 is seldom done, except when the river is low, as it now 
was. The rest of the day we had quiet water, and 
stopped at a rock to make our supper and sleep. 
March \st . — We passed the “Macaco’^ (monkey) ca- 
;! xoeira early. The rocks here, and particularly about 
i Oomarie caxoeira, were so full of parallel veins, as to 
I give them the appearance of being stratified and thrown 
I up nearly vertically ; whereas they are granitic, and 
j similar to those we had already seen. We then soon 
i reached the Ira ’’ (Honey) and “ Baccaba ’’ (a Palm) 
caxoeiras ; at both of which there are figures or pictm*e- 
1 writings on the rocks, which I staid to sketch. In 
I passing the latter rapid, we knocked off one of the false 
I keels I had had put to the canoe previous to starting, 
I to preserve the bottom in the centre, where it was worn 
I very thin by being dragged over the rocks by its former 
owner. We therefore stopped at a sand-bank, unloaded 
! the canoe, and plugged up the nail-holes, which were 
letting in water very fast. 
The next day we passed in succession the “Arara 
Miri’’ (Little Macaw), “Tamaquerie” (Gecko), '‘Paro- 
; quet,” ‘‘Japoo’' (a bird), ‘‘Arara’’ (Macaw), “Tatu’' 
I (Armadillo), “Amana” (Bain), “ Camoa” (?), “ Yauti’’ 
; (Tortoise); and, finally, about three p.m., arrived at 
‘‘ Caruru ” (a water-plant) caxoeira. The last five of 
j these, before arriving at Caruru, were exceedingly bad ; 
