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where the Hmbs. But the temiscal is the grand 

 remedy for most of their diseases. 



The very great care taken of all who are aiFected 

 with any disease ought not to be allowed to escape a 

 remark. When any of their relations are indisposed, 

 the greatest attention is paid to their wants, and it 

 was remarked by Padre Arroyo that filial affection is 

 stronger in these tribes than in any civilized nation on 

 the globe with which he was acquainted. 



Our knowledge of the natural history of this country 

 cannot be expected to be very extensive. In the 

 woods not immediately bordering upon the missions, 

 the black bear has his habitation, and when food is 

 scarce it is dangerous to pass through them alone in 

 the dusk of the evening ; but when the acorns abound 

 there is nothing to apprehend. It is said that the 

 white bear also visits this district occasionally, from 

 the northward. The lion (fells concolor P) and the 

 tiger (felis onca ?) are natives of these woods, but 

 we never saw them ; the inhabitants say they are 

 small, and that the lion is less than the tiger, but more 

 powerful. A large species of mountain cat (gato del 

 montej is common: a pole cat (viverra putorius) also 

 is found in the woods : wolves and foxes are numerous, 

 and the cuiotas, or jackalls, range about the plains at 

 night, and prove very destructive to the sheep. The 

 fallow-deer browses on the pasture land, not only in 

 the interior, but also upon some of the islands and 

 around the shores of the harbour : it is sought after 

 for its skin, of which the Spaniards make boots, shoes, 

 &c. The rein-deer also is found inland, particularly 

 upon a large plain named Tulurayos, on account of 

 the number of bulrushes growing there. In the 

 months of May and June the Spaniards resort to this 



