. The earth and its inhabitants ... tantially in favour of Colombia. Thus theGoajira district was assigned to the western state ; if not altogether, at least from 78 SOUTH AMERICA—THE ANDES EEGIONS. some islets on the coast of the Gulf of Venezuela, along a line running throughthe Montes de Oca forest to the Sierra de Perijaa east of the Rio Cesar also keeps the disputed territory of San Faustino in the Rio Zulia valley,as well as the left bank of the Orinoco, between the Meta and Guaviare conflu-ences ; the Atabapo frontier to a distance of 22 miles above Yavita, then a straig
. The earth and its inhabitants ... tantially in favour of Colombia. Thus theGoajira district was assigned to the western state ; if not altogether, at least from 78 SOUTH AMERICA—THE ANDES EEGIONS. some islets on the coast of the Gulf of Venezuela, along a line running throughthe Montes de Oca forest to the Sierra de Perijaa east of the Rio Cesar also keeps the disputed territory of San Faustino in the Rio Zulia valley,as well as the left bank of the Orinoco, between the Meta and Guaviare conflu-ences ; the Atabapo frontier to a distance of 22 miles above Yavita, then a straightline running towards the Guainia (Rio Negro) to 22 miles west of Pimichin, andlastly the Guainia itself to Cucuhy on the Brazilian frontier. In the territory thus awarded to Colombia, Venezuela preserves nothing butthe right of wav turning the Atures rapids within the Colombian frontier. Sheloses altogether nearly a third of the space claimed, though the region in dispute Fig. 27-—Feontiees op 1 : 18,000, 310 Miles. is but sparsely inhabited and of no present economic value. Colombia had, on theother hand, demanded much more than she received, claiming the Cassiquiare andthe Baria and Canaburi affluents of the Rio Negro for her eastern frontier. Towards Brazil the Venezuelan frontier, as determined by the treaty of 1859,runs from above the village of Cocui, at first south-east until it coincides with thewaterparting between the two secondary basins of the Baria and Canaburi, andbeyond it with the divides of the Rio Negro, of its great affluent the Rio Branco,and of the upper Orinoco. Beyond Mount Machiari, northern limit of the SierraParima, which forms part of the dividing line, the frontier turns abruptly southand then nearly due east along the crest of the Sierra Pacaraima between the BOUNDARIES, EXTENT OF VENEZUELA. 79 lower Orinoco and the Rio Branco basins. At the eastern extremity of thePacaraima range Mount Roraima forms the present corner-st
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