25, the aounta.in party having returned, the expedition moved down river, 
continued south to San Carlos de Rio Negro, and from there back up the 
Rio Guainla to Haroa and Victorino on the frontier with Colombia, On 
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February 6 they crossed the IS kilometer foot trail from Pimichin on the 
Amazon drainage to Tavita on the Rio Tend., which flows into the Atabapo, 
a tributary of the Orinoco. At Tavita a falca was waiting, and the down¬ 
stream journey began, ending finally at Puerto Ayacucho, capital of 
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Amazonas• On February 11 the group again reached Caracas, returning by 
air. 
Dr. Wetmore had opportunity through the journey to study the northern 
edge of the great Amazonian forest, and to make collections of birds, not 
only at the base camp, but also in Colombian territory along the river 
boundaries• 
