Latitude, 8° 43' 30" south; longitude, 74° 32' 30" west of Greenwich; magnetic variation, 8° 45' 40" east; thermometer, 75°; elevation above sea-level, 508 feet; distance from the Atlantic, 2891 miles; current, 3 miles per hour; width of the Pachitea at its mouth, 400 yards.
Latitude, 9° 5' 52" south; longitude, 74° 48' 15" west of Greenwich; magnetic variation, 8° 59' 26" east; elevation above sea-level, 557 feet; distance from the Atlantic, 2951 miles; current, 2-1/2 miles per hour; width of the river, 400 yards.
Cuñuyacu means hot water, and is descriptive of the place, for there are here several thermal springs welling up from the sand beach. At Chunta Isla, between the mouth of the Pachitea and Cuñuyacu, the Cashibo Indians frequently attack from ambush strangers who are ascending the river.
Latitude, 9° 9' 4" south; longitude, 74° 55' 45" west of Greenwich; magnetic variation, 8° 6' 26" east; distance from the Atlantic, 2963 miles; current, 2-1/2 miles per hour.
Inca Roca is a rocky beach overhung by sandstone cliffs sixty-five feet high; on the face of the cliffs are carved numerous figures, amongst them the figure of the sun and of the Llama are conspicuous, hence the place was named Inca Roca.
CONFLUENCE OF THE PALCAZU AND PICHIS RIVERS.
Latitude, 9° 54' 9" south; longitude, 74° 58' 45" west of Greenwich; magnetic variation, 7° 34' 4" east; elevation above sea-level, 518 feet; distance from the Atlantic, 3082 miles; current, 2-3/4 miles per hour.
At the junction of the Palcazu and Pichis, the two rivers forming the Pachitea, there is high land suitable for a town or post.
Miles. Mouth of the Pachitea to Cuñuyacu 60 Cuñuyacu to Inca Roca 12 Inca Roca to confluence of the Pichis and Palacazu 119 From the confluence of the Pichis and Palacazu, forming the Pachitea river, to the Atlantic 3082
The Palacazu is a somewhat narrow stream, with a current of 3-1/4 miles per hour and a depth which at low water will permit a steamer drawing seven feet of water to ascend to Puerto del Mairo.
Latitude, 9° 55' 22" south; longitude, 75° 17' 45" west of Greenwich; thermometer, 75°; elevation above sea-level, 795 feet; distance from the Atlantic, 3119 miles; current, 3-1/2 miles per hour.
