268 BIRDS AND MAN 



Only, I beg to add, they do not call their nation 

 by that word, as the Spanish colonists first spelt it 

 in their carelessness, and as they pronounce it. 

 Heaven knows how we pronounce it ! They, the 

 Guarani people, call themselves Wa-rii-na-ee, in a 

 soft musical voice. Also they call their river, 

 which we spell Paraguay, and pronounce I don't 

 know how, Pa-ra-wa-ee. 



