ACROSS UNKNOWN SOUTH AMERICA 
ticular whirlpool was called Sheboya. Soon afterwards 
we obtained a beautiful view of the high range — the Sira 
Mountains. 
On January fourteenth we went over the whirlpool of 
Marques, a most picturesque sight. On the banks of the 
river was plenty of rubber, hevea , but not of quite such 
good quality as that found in Brazil. Some of the trees 
exuded white and some yellow latex, the colouration being 
probably due to the quality of the soil. There were few 
habitations along the banks of the Pachitea River. There 
were tribes of the Campas (or Antis) and Cashibos 
Indians, the members of both races having marked Malay 
characteristics. Occasionally one met extraordinary people 
in those out-of-the-way regions. When we halted for 
wood, which we used instead of coal for our engine, a 
man some six feet four inches in height came on board — 
quite an extraordinary-looking person. To my amaze¬ 
ment, when I spoke to him, he turned out to be a man of 
refined taste and quite highly educated. He was a Hun¬ 
garian count and an officer in the Austrian army, who, 
having got into trouble in his own country, had gone to 
settle there. 
From a place called Cahaubanas, at the confluence 
of the river Pichis with the Pachitea, it was possible to 
cross over on foot to the Mayro, a stream which flowed 
into the Palcazu, and in two more days’ walking (about 
seventy-five kilometres), the German colony of Potzuzu 
could be reached at the meeting-place of the Potzuzu 
River with the Uancabamba. From the German colony 
158 kilometres more would bring you to Uanuco, and 
from there 188 kilometres farther on was Serra de Pasco, 
whence the railway went to Lima. 
Another trail from Cahaubanas proceeded to Chu- 
chura, about fifty kilometres higher up the Mayro River. 
From there it was possible to cross the Yanachag Moun¬ 
tains and reach the settlement of Uancabamba. The 
distance from Cahaubanas to Chuchura was one and a 
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