Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon, Part 1

Amazon arrived arrobas ascend Barra beach boat Brazil Brazilian called Calm canoe carried Castelnau Cerro Pasco Chanchamayo Chasuta cirro-cumulus clouds cirrus clouds clear Conibos Cordillera cotton cultivation cumulus clouds Cuzco distance Egas eight Father feet five forest four Gibbon give governor hacienda half cents half-past heavy hills hour Huallaga Huallaga River Huanuco hundred and fifty Ijurra Indians inhabitants island labor lake land Light air Light breeze Lima miles Moderate breeze Montaña mountains mouth mules Mundrucus musquitoes Nauta navigation nearly Negro night Noon padre Pará passed Peru Peruvian port pounds province Purus rain right bank river road rock Santarem Sarayacu sarsaparilla savages seemed Shapaja shore squall of wind stratus clouds stream Tabatinga Tapajos Tarapoto Tarma thousand dollars Ticunas Tingo Maria told town traveller trees tributaries twenty twenty-five Ucayali valley village woods yards