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  • There is also another goodly river beyond Caroli which is called Arui, which also runneth thorough the lake Cassipa, and falleth into Orenoque farther west, making all that land between Caroli and Arui an island; which is likewise a most beautiful country.

    The Discovery of Guiana. Paras. 50-102 1909

  • There is also another goodly river beyond Caroli which is called Arui, which also runneth through the lake Cassipa, and falleth into Orenoque farther west, making all that land between Caroli and Arui an island; which is likewise a most beautiful country.

    The Discovery of Guiana Walter Raleigh 1586

  • Next unto Arui there are two rivers Atoica and Caura, and on that branch which is called Caura are a nation of people whose heads appear not above their shoulders; which though it may be thought a mere fable, yet for mine own part I am resolved it is true, because every child in the provinces of Aromaia and Canuri affirm the same.

    The Discovery of Guiana. Paras. 50-102 1909

  • Carony, the Arui, and the Caura, then took the direction of the latitude, while in nature they follow that of a meridian.

    Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851

  • This circumstance is worthy of remark, because, in assigning gradually a more southern latitude to lake Cassipa, it has been detached from the Carony and the Arui, and has taken the name of Parima.

    Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851

  • The sources of the tributary streams of the Carony, the Arui, and the

    Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851

  • After having separated the sources of the Rio Branco and the Carony, it runs north-west, sending off the waters of the Padamo, the Jao, and the Ventuari towards the south, and the waters of the Arui, the Caura, and the Cuchivero towards the north.

    Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851

  • Orinoco more to the east, we left the mouth of the Rio Pao on the north, and that of the Arui on the south.

    Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851

  • * (* Raleigh makes only the Carony and the Arui issue from it (Hondius, Nieuwe Caerte van het wonderbare landt Guiana, besocht door Sir Walter Raleigh, 1594 to 1596): but in later maps, for instance that of Sanson, the Rio Caura issues also from Lake Cassipa.)

    Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 Alexander von Humboldt 1814

  • The tributary streams, therefore, which were made to issue from the lake Cassipa, the Carony, the Arui, and the Caura, then took the direction of the latitude, while in nature they follow that of a meridian.

    Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 Alexander von Humboldt 1814

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