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«hich was distinctly seen by Dr. Hamilton while doubling the ridge on the "th of 
.Vonmber; on the 8th a river flowing from the south was passed, which at that 
j j!c was only a few paces wide ; but judging from an expanse of alluvial mud, that 
‘•rtara during the rainy season must be as broad there as the Thames nt Hampton 
t'ourt, and discharges much water into the southern extremity of l.akc Aulaga, or 
t'i.’Jfi.r. the furze-bush or whin lake. It is so named from a stunted prickly 
•W>, a species of the Ul>\r /'»<•<,/ ,-ria of UnnwWt Vhich gTOWl DCU the lake. 
Tl-.t shrub and the dried droppings of the Alpacu tribe is the only sort of fuel ob- 
‘• U m this desert. Lake Aulaga extends about sixty English miles from north to 
“L with an average breadth of fifteen, hut towards its southern margin it is 
«*Wn Spanish leagues, or twenty miles acmes from east to west, and on the 
' J-it receives the surplus water of the Great Lake TiticaAa, which lias only one 
jw, th? Disaguadera, or drain, w hich runs a course of 200 miles to Lake Aulaga. 
. , w ? tfr if discharged from TiticaAa into the Aulaga at all times of the year, but 
nuny season there, from January till March inclusive, the quantity is 
ka \ d ' 3tanee h Y this route, from'the valley of the Marquis to the moun- 
/-y '* a * l0ut 250 m d C3 » which required eight days, ns the mules were 
“ ,hlrt y quintals of silver. Myriads of Llamas and Alpacas were seen, 
Mjin not Gained except at a few spots in holes which have been dug to 
hoy. falls during the rains. On the 10th of November the 
’’ated on ^ ° f , ( ' amaiea vras passed, which consisted of about fifty huts, 
IVCerate i °i >i; ' 01 ! wllose summit grew a row- of the Cactus Peruviana. 
at l ^ e d ‘ stan ce between Potosi and Andaraarca is about sixty- 
oari j,, «\ a,u ‘ fron ) ^at village to Tacnn eightv-four leagues. The only language 
**! whirh it ainarca ** tbc Ayamura, which is more euphonous than the Quichua, 
Qo the lith n,. ' :' ld ‘ ans ‘ n Potosi and generally in Bolivia and Pern. 
i> was earri.Hi^' ° ^ aVe nollcc that water would nut be found at night, so 
'■"s' travel n a* UJ0Urn °y forty miles for the men, and on the 12th, after five 
' '' 11 is one crossc<1 » the water being good and Mowing to the r outh- 
*'-f 13th the ftnnw dra,ns °f Lake Aulaga, termination unknown ; on the morn- 
in tln ; inurnov p Ca PP e .^ mountain* of the western Andes were seen Ibr the first 
roen were sulfc/ 0 ™ tl,e "iterior, and was a welcome spectacle, tor both mules 
travelf rom ., ‘ n E aiuch from want of fond and water, and were still eight 
<u th-we 4 t mu! {I * 1 ta ' 3 da >’ another river was pnssed, it also flowing towards 
[[' l * fir and fjonri' ISta ? t n b°ut thirty miles from that of yesterday. 'Hie water 
‘*'b with^ ’ mav,n g on ° and a half or two miles an hour, over saud and 
*® mid-chaimoi ° a , ut foot, and the depth such that a long-legged mule, 
.. h '; nameless r i VP >. wa ® a,J0Ve the knees in water. 
ti,* k'fiticaAa. Th, ♦ 1 ’!' Inc !l m ' ‘bain of Lake Aulaga, and through it, of the 
:v, *; ^on in those P | er ” 11 “ Htio , n of this stream is still a mystery, though during 
v. r , v» western Onwfsn ' M **8 10,18 much water is conveyed through its channel 
'-'iiViiT 1 ^ it8 dtime-shanr e i ra ‘ • t,>t: ,4kh * thp P ,otcnu °f Bahama was reached, 
^ open a i r Hl«? Ur ? rn ^ 2™* utl<1 er snow, where the party passed the 
• Though a count!*. abou ! fifty milts from the place where the river was 
;l_,.' ) et not a creaturn /c numb ® r uf Llama* and Alpacas were seen In the 
b.tc* An,1 °muren cLu^I 0tJ i? r ki “ d wa3 observed ; and excepting those 
**“ka, which hv’il, ' OUr , l,u,in beings were seen on the journey from 
r> ’ ) U,e un hsual route that was taken, is about 450 miles. 
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cli’P r ‘ I ; ivin *5» lutl lu the llcv - Arthur 
lA, " J,lUti ' &P****'. 1853 . 
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the ohgta i . UKiON ohaw. 
t0 An rds ^ ^otry°of Sebi 0 Ku , ru,nnn werc removed, w 
iiH- Sr |f the people were then iSff e, i ll, | 1 ‘ l , w,thin " l:c ll, Lri1 ' of latitude 
fS&SJSSf FEJ*? , except of 
!^with aI , i* P« reaching ti >: “ ll l j? 1 of tmiL '- but. through the coodness 
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nt. 
;r u ^th alWK ^ caching this n,l,L :- ,,,u * through the goodness 
Uieir chiefs °l de monstrations of ipip hc l" of thc Makololo, wc were 
W e ®barS on [he Hv mc 'n'i' ,h °>’ arc •““•‘"■"ed to bestow 
e river called everywhere Lceambye, at the 
