Ka taka ki te tekau mā rua o ngā hāora ka rere tō mātou poti i roto i te awa o Amahana (he awa whakahara nō Marekena ki te Tonga), ko te hiako o te poa (te nākahi) i whakatarea ki te tuanui o te poti kia maroke i te rā (TKM 20/12/1849:3). / At twelve o’clock our boat sailed into the Amazon river (an important river in South America), with the skin of the boa constrictor (the snake) spread out to dry upon the roof of our boat.

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