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TARAPOTO TO CANELOS 125
us to the head of the river Rutuno, a considerable
stream whose mouth we had seen below Sara-yacu.
All the way along it there are tambos of inhabitants
of Sara-yacu, Puca-yacu, and Canelos, who go
there to wash gold.
After the Rutuno the head of the river Tigre is
passed ; this river holds its course between Pastasa and Napo, and
Maranon.
nearly midway
falls into the
A large stream, the Villano, is next passed ; this
runs into the river Curaray, whose junction with the
Napo
is not far from the mouth of the latter.
From the Villano we come to its
tributary, the
Giguino, on which there is a largish pueblo of
Zaparos.
Next to this is another tributary of the Yillanoand
then we come to
Callana-yacu,
Ananga-yacu, which runs direct into the Curaray.
The Curaray itself is now reached. On this
also are several Zaparos.
The Noshiiro, to which we now come, has a
pueblo of ; Zaparos
does also the Washka-yacu.
Passing these, we reach the Napo, at a small
pueblo called Aguana, not far from Santa Rosa ;
whence there is a route over the Cordillera to Quito
which is impassable from June to September on
it runs direct into the Napo, as
account of the streams being swollen by the melting
of the snows on Cotopaxi, as also by the depth l
snow on the highest point of the pass.
The Governor, Don Gabriel Cordena, is
elderly man of about fifty, with quiet and
devout manners. He has been twelve years