Frank Radcliffe; a story of travel and adventure in the forests of Venezuela . HE country along the Orinoco from theCassiquiare to the Rio Ventuari is ex-tremely wild. For much of the distanceit is almost destitute of inhabitants, andthe few natives to be met with are less civilized thanthose upon the lower portions of the river. A rangeof mountaiixs, of which Duida and the Sierra Maravacaform a part, is visible far to the north, again approach-ing the river at the Cerros de Sipapo and the Sierrade Baraguan, mentioned in a former chapter. The Ventuari flows through these mountains, cuttinga de
Frank Radcliffe; a story of travel and adventure in the forests of Venezuela . HE country along the Orinoco from theCassiquiare to the Rio Ventuari is ex-tremely wild. For much of the distanceit is almost destitute of inhabitants, andthe few natives to be met with are less civilized thanthose upon the lower portions of the river. A rangeof mountaiixs, of which Duida and the Sierra Maravacaform a part, is visible far to the north, again approach-ing the river at the Cerros de Sipapo and the Sierrade Baraguan, mentioned in a former chapter. The Ventuari flows through these mountains, cuttinga deep channel through the opposing cliffs, whichtower above the foaming rapids at various parts ofits course. The shattered rocks lean at every angleto the turbulent stream ; and above the boiling flood < m. ENCOUNTER WITH NATIVES. 359 project huge boulders, around which the maddenedwaters surge, threatening destruction to the canoe ofthe liardy explorer. The sources of this river, and the adjacent regions,are scarcely known. Rugged ranges of hills extendfor hundreds of miles in all directions, among whichlie valleys of exquisite beauty, some forest covered,and others presenting an alternation of savanna andwoodland teeming with game. To these regionsaccess is gained by the Ventuari, and its affluents theManapiari, Paraba, and others. From the LowerOrinoco, the traveller can reach these sierras byascending the Rio Caura and its tributary the Erevato,which rises among their north-east slopes. Thesehills are inhabited by tribes of Indians who have hadhitherto little or no intercourse with white are the Piraoas, the Guimans, the Maiongkongos,Kirishanas, and many others, whose hunting-groundsextend from the head-waters of the Orinoco to G°north latitude, and from 64° to 68° west
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