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These collars are delicately wrought in the form of eagles, lions, or other similar animals, but it was observed that the metal was not very pure. The two natives, brought from Cariai, explained that both the regions of Cerabaroa and Aburema were rich in gold, and that all the gold their countrymen required for ornaments was obtained from thence by trading.
Many rivers are indicated just there: for example, the Aburema, before which lies the island called the Scudo di Cateba whose cacique was nicknamed Burnt Face: the Zobrabaö the Urida, and the Doraba with rich gold deposits. Many remarkable ports are also marked on that coast; among them Cesabaron and Hiebra, as they are called by the natives.
Four small fertile islands, separated from one another by narrow straits, lie across the opening of this gulf, making it a safe harbour. We have elsewhere called the port, situated at the extreme point, by its native name of Cerabaroa; but it is only the right coast upon entering the gulf bears that name, the left coast being called Aburema.
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