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ON THE ABORIGINES 
54. Painted dresses of prepared bark (tururi). 
55. Balls of string, of various materials and degrees 
of fineness. 
56. Bottle-shaped baskets, for preserving the edible 
ants. 
57. Tinder-boxes of bamboo carved, and filled with 
tinder from an anPs nest. 
58. Small canoe hollowed from a tree. 
59. Paddles used with ditto. 
60. Triangular tool, used for making the small stools. 
61. Pestles and mortars, used for pounding peppers 
and tobacco. 
62. Bark bag, full of summauma, the silk-cotton of a 
Bomb aw, used for making blowing-arrows. 
63. Chest of plaited palm-leaves, used for holding 
feather-ornaments. 
64. Stone axes, used before the introduction of iron. 
65. Clay cylinders, for supporting cooking utensils. 
(Plate V. 
The Indians of the river Isanna are few in comparison 
with those of the Uaupes, the river not being so large 
or so productive of fish. 
The tribes are named — - 
Baniwas, or Manivas (Mandiocca). 
Arikenas. 
Bauatanas. 
Ciu 9 i (Stars). 
* Specimens of Nos. 1, 2, 3, 9, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 21, 34, 36, 41, 
47, 49, and 63, of this list, have been sent home by my friend R. 
Spruce, Esq., and may be seen in the very interesting Museum at the 
Royal Botanical Gardens, at Kew. 
