r's side called Mana, leaving on the right hand a town
called Tuteritona, standing in the province of Tarracoa, of which
Wariaaremagoto is principal. Beyond it lieth another town towards the
south, in the valley of Amariocapana, which beareth the name of the said
valley; whose plains stretch themselves some sixty miles in length, east
and west, as fair ground and as beautiful fields as any man hath ever
seen, with divers copses scattered here and there by the river's side,
and all as full of deer as any forest or park in England, and in
every lake and river the like abundance of fish and fowl; of which
Irraparragota is lord.

From the river of Mana we crossed another river in the said beautiful
valley called Oiana, and rested ourselves by a clear lake which lay in
the middle of the said Oiana; and one of our guides kindling us fire
with two sticks, we stayed awhile to dry our shirts, which with the heat
hung very wet and heavy on our shoulders. Afterwards we sought the ford
to pass over towards the mountain called Iconuri, where Putijma foretold
us of the mine. In this lake we saw one of the great fishes, as big as
a wine pipe, which they call manati, being most excellent and wholesome
meat. But after I perceived that to pass the said river would require
half-a-day's march more, I was not able myself to endure it, and
therefore I sent Captain Keymis with six shot to go on, and gave him
order not to return to the port of Putijma, which is called Chiparepare,
but to take leisure, and to march down the said valley as far as a
river called Cumaca, where I promised to meet him again, Putijma himself
promising also to be his guide. And as they marched, they left the
towns of Emperapana and Capurepana on the right hand, and marched from
Putijma's house, down the said valley of Amariocapana; and we returning
the same day to the river's side, saw by the way many rocks like unto
gold ore, and on the left hand a round mountain which consisted of
mineral stone.

From hence we rowed down the stream, coasting the province of Parino.
As for the branches of rivers which I overpass in this discourse, those
shall be better expressed in the description, with the mountains of
Aio, Ara, and the rest, which are situate in the provinces of Parino and
Carricurrina. When we were come as far down as the land called Ariacoa,
where Orenoque divideth itself into three great branches, each of them
being most goodly rivers, I sent away Captain Henry