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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 337 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CARIPE , a small See also:

town of See also:Venezuela in the See also:state of Bermfidez, about 53 M. E.S.E. of See also:Cumana. It is the See also:chief station of the Capuchin See also:missions to the Chayma See also:Indians, founded toward the See also:close of the 17th See also:century, and stands 2635 ft. above See also:sea-level, in a fertile valley of the Sierra Bergantfn, See also:long celebrated for its cool, invigorating See also:climate. The locality is also celebrated for the extensive See also:system of caves in the See also:limestone rocks found in its vicinity, which were described by See also:Humboldt in his See also:Personal Narrative. The See also:principal See also:cave, known as-the Cueva del See also:Guacharo, extends inward a distance of 2800 ft. with a height of 7o-8o ft. These caves are frequented by a See also:species of See also:night-See also:hawk, called guacharo, which nests in the recesses of the rocks. The See also:young are killed in See also:great See also:numbers for their oil. Caripe itself has a See also:population of only 58o, but the valley and neighbouring stations have about ten times that number. Caripe should not be confounded with Rio Caribe, a town and See also:port on the Caribbean See also:coast a See also:short distance See also:east of Carilpano,which has a population of about6000.

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