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ON the 28th November the Peruvian Government published the report of the expedition sent to examine the capabilities of the Perene river and neighbouring country, and the slope of their territory towards the Atlantic. This river, which is a branch from the Vcuyali, rises near Tarma, the capital of the Department of Junin, and flows through the country of the Chunchamayo Indians, a wild tribe, hostile to the Peruvians and but little known to them. The soundings were found to give from three to five fathoms in depth and the width was about 100 yards. The course of the river was east for 1,000 yards from its confluence and then north.
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CLARKE, H. Exploration of the Perene (Amazons) River . Nature 3, 209–210 (1871). https://doi.org/10.1038/003209c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/003209c0