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they feed upon fih. Like the Indians of 
North America, they cut off the fcalps of 
their enemies killed in battle. 
The Amachucas have chofen for their 
place of abode the banks of the Abujay, 
which flows from the eaft into the Uca- 
yali. If the Portuguefe fhould be inclined 
to penetrate into the interior parts of the 
Pampa del Sacramento, it would be moft 
eafily effected by means of this river. 
The Amachucas are a wild and barbarous 
race. They wear long garments, and 
adorn their perfons with beautiful fea- 
thers. They are continually at war with 
the tribes on the banks of the Ucayali, 
believing them, and the tribes fettled on 
the banks of the Abujay, to be the only 
people on earth. They are taller and 
ftronger than the neighbouring tribes, and 
do not permit any ftrangers to enter their 
country: Father Guval himfelf never 
ventured into it. The information which 
he has given us relative to them was de- 
rived from a captive of that nation, whom 
he met with among one of the tribes on 
the Ucayali. 
The Carapachos inhabit the country on 
the Pachitea. From their complexion 
and beards they might be taken for na- 
tives of the middle regions of Europe. 
They wear no cloaths, except that the 
women.cover the middle with a piece of 
cleth, or the leaves of trees ; and the men 
with a piece of leather. They feed upon 
human flefh. Father Girval concluded 
a kind of peace with them ; but they did 
not long adhere to the ttipulations agreed 
upon, having foon after wounded and kil- 
Jed feveral of his followers. According 
to him, the women of this nation are very 
beautiful;-nay, he fcruples not to fay, 
that in this refpeét they rival thofe of 
Georgia and Circaflia. The Carapachos 
pronounce fo ftrongly through their throats, 
that their language has fome refemblance 
ta the barking of dogs ; and, what adds 
to the dilagreeablenels of it, they make a 
great noile by ftriking their thighs while 
{peaking. 
The Capanaguas, diftinguithed above 
the neighbouring tribes for their focial 
humane difpofition, refide on the banks of 
the Magué. They eat the bodies of their 
deceafed friends, believing that they there- 
by confer the greateft honour and benefit 
upon them. ‘The name of Capanaguas 
is common to feveral other tribes. Their 
dwellings are the largeft and roomieft that 
Father Girval met with in this country, 
being in general two quadras in length, 
and one in breadth, 
Interefting Defcripiion of the Monianna Real. 
rifon with the Marannon. 
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The Montanna Real is interfeéted by a 
great number of large rivers, fuch as no 
part of the old world can beaft of. Nei- 
ther the Nile nor the Ganges, neither the 
Volga nor the Danube, can bear a compa- 
This giant- 
ftream as much furpaffes all other known 
rivers, as the contiguous Chimboraco 
maintains a proud pre-eminence above all 
other mountains of the old and new world, 
The water that defcends from the Peru- 
vian mountains is collected in the beds of 
a great number of rivers, which form 
four principal flreams, the Madera, Ya- 
vari, Ucayali, and Huallaga; and all 
thefe at latt flow into one immenfe com. 
mon receptacle, viz. the Marannon. 
The River Madera belongs to the Por- 
tuguefe. It is formed by the junction 
of feveral confiderable ftreams ; the princi- 
pal of which are the Guapore, which 
flows into it in 6° 30’ of fouth latitude ; 
the Irabi, which the Spaniards took pof- 
feflion of at an earlier period than the 
Portuguefe ; the §. Miguel ; the Baures, at 
whofe confluence the Spaniards formerly 
poflefled SantaRofa, the eafternmoft village 
in the country of the Mojos, but which 
has been fince feized by the Portuguefe. 
This river falls into the Marannon, in 19? 
of longitude eaft from Lima, It is navi- 
gable by veflels of a middling fize almoft 
as far up as its fources, near the borders 
of the province of Chiquitos, belonging te 
the Spaniards. On this river the Portu- 
guele poflefs the gold-mines of Cuyuba, 
and the village Matobrodo. ‘They have 
likewife fome fortified places farther up 
the Marannon. The Llavari flows into 
the Marannon, in 10° 30’ eaft Jong. from 
Lima, and takes its rife in 9° 30/ eatt long. 
and 10° 30’ fouth latitude. It it navi- 
gable with canoes to its very fource. 
Farther to the fouth arifes the Pilcomayo, 
which, flowing in 14° of longitude from 
Lima through the province of Tarma, di- 
rects its courfe towards Paraguay and Bu- 
enos-Ayress On the Llavari dwell thir- 
teen tribes of the Mojos: the population 
of all of them is eftimated to amount to 
20,758 fouls. ‘The Llavari has likewife 
fome other names, fuch as Mamore; Hay- 
apey, and Rio Grande. The banks of 
the Piray, which flows to the north of 
Santa Cruz de Ja Sierra, are inhabited by 
4710 fouls, according to a numeration by 
the Bifhop of Mifque. 
Ot all the Rivers, which defcend 
from the Peruvian mountains, the Ucaya- 
li unéoubtedly deferves to be ranked next 
to the Marannon. It flows from the in- 
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