Note 61 — Chapter VI · LIFE AT MANAOS.—VOYAGE FROM MANAOS TO TABATINGA.
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Some English travellers have criticised the position of the town, and regretted that it is not placed lower down, at the immediate junction of the Rio Negro with the Solimoens. But its actual situation is much better, on account of the more quiet port, removed as it is from the violent currents caused by the meeting of the two rivers.—L. A.