Narrative of a journey from Lima to Para, across the Andes and down the Amazon: undertaken with a view of ascertaining the practicability of a navigable communication with the Atlantic, by the rivers Pachitea, Ucayali, and Amazon . and that nothing wasto be had; we then dropped down the riverto an island called Ticuna Island, in tlie middleof the stream, where we slept in a hut belongingto tlie Ticunas Indians. Our course this day hadbeen S. E. J S., and we had advanced thirty-eightmiles. About this time we lost our little Ronsoc,who liad become very tame, and a great favourite:we had given he
Narrative of a journey from Lima to Para, across the Andes and down the Amazon: undertaken with a view of ascertaining the practicability of a navigable communication with the Atlantic, by the rivers Pachitea, Ucayali, and Amazon . and that nothing wasto be had; we then dropped down the riverto an island called Ticuna Island, in tlie middleof the stream, where we slept in a hut belongingto tlie Ticunas Indians. Our course this day hadbeen S. E. J S., and we had advanced thirty-eightmiles. About this time we lost our little Ronsoc,who liad become very tame, and a great favourite:we had given her the name of Rosa, and whencalled she Avould run to us. Unfortunately, a ca-labash of lemonade which we had made for ourown use fell in Rosas way, she could not resistthe temptation, and emptied it, and paid for herimprudence with her life. The shores of the Marafion are generally lowfrom the Ucayali to the Rio Negro, and, exceptingwhere they are broken by the mouths of tributarystreams, present one continued mass of foresttrees matted together with creepers, some of whichare very beautiful. The appearance is at firstvery striking, but when the charm of novelty hasceased, grows very wearisome from its
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