from the Atlantic, 2528 miles; current, 3 miles per hour.

YURIMAGUAS.

Latitude, 5 deg. 5' 55" south; longitude, 75 deg. 59' 58" west of
Greenwich; magnetic variation, 7 deg. 47' east; thermometer, 77 deg.;
elevation above sea-level, 440 feet; distance from the Atlantic, 2554
miles; current, 3-1/4 miles per hour.

The advantage which Yurimaguas possesses over all the other river
ports on the Upper Amazon is that of its being the point where
travelers from Lima and articles of export from Moyubamba, a city of
10,000 inhabitants, meet the steamers from Para. Canoes ascend the
Huallaga from Yurimaguas to Chasuta in eight days and make the return
trip in three; from Chasuta there is a mule road to Moyubamba,
Chachapoyas and Cajamarca, and from the latter place a railway runs to
Lima. This is the best route from the Amazon to the Pacific coast, and
the only one which does not involve long marches on foot. Steamers
drawing five or six feet of water could make regular trips to Chasuta
at any season of the year, even at lowest water, and meeting larger
steamers at Yurimaguas would establish better communication with the
rich country of the interior. On the Huallaga, above Yurimaguas and a
little back from the river, are to be found the best locations for
colonies. Thirty miles above Yurimaguas, on the right bank of the
river, is situated Shucushiyacu, a place well known as commanding a
fine view of mountain and river scenery.

CAINARACHI.

Distance from the Atlantic, 2592 miles; current, 3-1/4 miles per
hour.

RUMICALLARINA.

Latitude, 5 deg. 58' 32" south; longitude, 75 deg. 47' 32" west of
Greenwich; magnetic variation, 8 deg. 8' 10" east; thermometer, 77
deg.; elevation above sea-level, 486 feet; distance from the Atlantic,
2600 miles; current, 3-1/2 miles per hour; depth of water, 36 feet;
width of river, 200 yards.

Rumicallarina is at the head of navigation for steamers on the
Huallaga. Any steamer which can ascend the river to Yurimaguas can
continue on to Rumicallarina, beyond which place only five or six
feet, at the season of low water, can be carried to Chasuta.

LIST OF DISTANCES ON THE HUALLAGA.

Atlantic ocean to mouth of the Huallaga, 2430 miles By the Amazon
river.

Huallaga
River.
Miles.
Mouth of the Huallaga to Laguna