2. The parts north of the Amazons, and west of the river Negro.
3. The parts north of the Amazons, and east of the river Negro.
1. The parts between the Rivers Madera and Ucayale.—Here the known frontier westwards is that of the Quichua area.
The Puru-Purus.—Not known in detail, but said to have pie-bald skins. Settled on the Lower Puru.
The Yameos.—Speaking a language which, from a Paternoster in Hervas, seems to be peculiar. Inhabitants of the river Yavari, and conterminous with a tribe which politically belongs to Peru, and which (perhaps) brings the Brazilian tribes in contact with the Quichuan. This is—
The Mainas.—Speaking a language which, from a Paternoster in Hervas, seems to be peculiar.
The Chimanos.—On the upper Yavari, speaking an apparently peculiar language, but one with miscellaneous affinities.
Thirty-three other tribes are enumerated as inhabiting the area.
2. The parts north of the river Amazons and west of the river Negro.—Here the known frontier northwards is that of the tribes of the water-system of the Orinoko, hereafter to be noticed.
For one of these, out of forty, we have a vocabulary of the