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On the Eastern Territory of the Ecuador and the River Napo. 
By the Rev. C. G. Nicola y, F.R.G.S. 
The object of this paper was to show the commercial value of this territory to 
Crc.it Eritaiu, and its accessibility by the river Maranon ami the Napo. It stated 
the upperwaters of the Napo are auriferous, especially the Arapuno, Auzupi, 
Afuncti, sad the Payaniiiii, tlm latter Ik- in/ hy fai lie nde >t j the ( M l tod NtpO 
sb'jqmiing in gold, which is found not only in auriferous sands, but is situ in 
-fe quantities. The vegetable productions of the country were also stated to bo 
*’ 4t ‘"[table, comprising cinnamon, from which it was originally named cnnelos, 
Miu* *’ cocoa ’ tQ bacco, rice, indigo, vanilla, and the agave or pita now shown 
fid f ' . e tu be 80 va ^ ua ble in manufactures. Seventeen villages of domiciliated 
‘iiw were enumerated, who were said to be of industrious habits, docile and 
r' numbenug 0350 ; the wild Iudiaus very numerous, but not dangerous. 
Ua'iW- 5 ' " l ' cb w ‘ b of steam communication at present, ure the Napo, 
cpu,'., U i : urara y. an d Pastaza j and the head of this navigation is connected by a 
ath,. co,ltl Duation of an old road of the Inca’s, extending from the Pastaza 
outh-west, to the Coca on the south-east. 
AW* 'f U f rurn the Rev. J. Hebinann to the Rev. II. Venn, dated 
, U( m \ ln Babbai), April 13, 1854. Communicated by Dr. Shaw. 
^f-yMr h l t Jo 1 u P i ar c t ° ry ' vorb mi ’ nt ioned above, which I have been engaged in this 
bags, w’hirh I x hr3t I ” euti . on the gathering of a vocubulnry of the Kiniussa lan- 
betongs tu thp c ? rr .‘ e< * to tbe * e,tor M» 1 heed scarcely say, that it also 
v,t 'ft met winT; ^outh African family of languages. Sounds which we have 
*bich 1 Wch n H 0 l5 er ^ ia r t f are . "P f " an ‘ l " P 8 *" or ** bs, M fur the latter of 
:i " ,ui "to«ir 6m i M r My informant is n slave from Mom has, who 
- r ‘‘tally discovered «.i 1 n * ^new anything about his origin, which 1 rather acci- 
:,TH| *ge dialect fin i ■ be , b,m oucc a P*»k to one of Ins fcllow-scrvanta in a 
T^'oce of iiitfimati(mnl^ Ul, ^’»* was tcdd tbnt be Wfta an M’liiassn, who, in conae- 
"‘I'f’Bvra, who sold^hi^ X, . ,ed ‘. Uo ^ f °r slnvc-catching, was seized by a tribe called 
10 Iifl Come Anm i tu, 1 ' 1 ^ le _ Wamaruvi, and these, to Sualnli idavemerchants, 
i llJd Ibo), .7 V , „ bu , \ u , 9mal1 islandbulougingto Mozambique, ami on the maps 
,n te (in ulTupiiv,?’ ' V U f 1 WWs reached after two months’ travelling at a very 
, ';‘ e - ! "»rchttntRfrom X^T un b'the time is wanted), ho was at last bought by 
U*" I,0 W a man of '"V Ihia h ? thinks hn PP enc<l a1j uut ten years ago, while 
^aze can therefn™? Ur ty year “ of n P 0, ibc remembrance of his country and 
c * lb ^utnpaiHic h.., >0 , We su PP°»ed to be very distinct. Hts native territory 
v ., k ®. is called Ninn^ 8 ' vtst .!, rQIn the lake which, by tho tribes who live on 
2 1 ’ Nmu*), of which the Suahelis evidently made 
u a 8 r*fcies Of palm o( a !, L< V* p0 ver )' to the lake in search of mi a (pi. of 
toui’V 0 bu y cotton wh!L h - U kavt ‘ 8 01 wlueh tbl ' waives make mats, bags, & c . f 
which ^Uivy weave a 
'* *££?**% their euns ^tiling. os also their heads, brass 
.iHfcse, who seem to have ^ fu , ds 111 lhc,r language), they buy from 
Hula " and ]Umk5ma“ 00 gre * 1 dislancc ll0n ' them. 
the name gS»„aUv " f UrtaRU f e arc callpd b V ‘hem •« Waki- 
“'‘'at. thfL' F|ot « tbut R ,,j... t ‘ A. 8 v ‘ ir J h) the Last Africans tu Europeans is 
M ‘Utaet frte side cannot be seen |“ k , c * bnnks * he UBod ‘o come to from hia 
^•y m c A H ')!' b «ats are however' “ boat . starting at daybleak will reach it 
f or Mardvi Fo J l()W 'ng the margin on?. f r ? v,dad w ith ruddeis. wherefore they 
R /‘"v days uTrcShh ' ' * lUe 80uth * through the territory 
^ptTS^thT^: grB f Ually Ul tiU, ns my i Z 
S; k «ow that { * f xtl>nt to the n?r£L L‘ht ^ N ? lhln C!dl of ^“P 1 * the 
8818 much broader tVii l K.^| ld ^ 8 countrymen have uu idea. They 
to St 0 ® fonrmg " ,s l wl,1 ‘ them; so much so, that 
1Sa *ol to he pvi ring islan ds for tishinp ' n* e - 8,g *5 ° f tbe ban k», arid therefore 
uuung the hot season quite calm. 
