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not identify the Southern Cross by its name, but a diagram of it 

 immediately brought a response: "That one? That one is called 

 footprint of the rhea (panon). The three upper stars are the toes ; the 

 lower one is the heel." Pointing at the sky where Orion could be 



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Fig. 8. — Constellations named by informants. Since informants, in describing 

 the constellations, pointed to areas between zenith and 45° below zenith, it is 

 possible that the names given in parentheses are the astronomical ones, a, Seven 

 little goats (a section of Pavo). b, A 2-balled boleodora (a section of Crux). 

 c, Stretched hide (sections of Carina and Volans). d, Guanaco (a section of 

 Centaurus). e, The foot of the rhea (Reticulum), f, Rhea (Grus). g, A 

 3-baIled boleodora (Apus). 



seen that night (November), he remarked, "We call those three stars 

 potatoes in a hole (pal) ; the Argentines call them las tres Marias. 

 The Milky Way was called the river (I'enfii). 



SIGNALING 



According to a well-informed non-Araucanian, the Araucanians 

 signaled by smoke in the daytime, by fire at night, and also by the 



