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whatever relates to the manufacture of wool. 

 They had likewise a kind of needle to sew their 

 garments, as is obvious from the verb ntuluven, 

 to sew ; but of what substance it was made 1 am 

 unable to determine. Embroidery, to* which 

 they gave the name of dumican, was also knowD 

 to them. 



From these arts of the first necessity, they 

 proceeded to those of a secondary kind, or such 

 as were required by convenience. With the ex- 

 cellent clay of their country, they made pots, 

 plates, cups, and even large jars to hold their 

 fermented liquors. These vessels they baked in 

 certain ovens or holes, male in the declivity of 

 hills. They also made use of a mineral earth 

 called colo, for varnishing their vessels. It is 

 very certain that the art of pottery is of great 

 antiquity in Chili, as on opening a large heap of 

 stones in the mountains of Arauco, an urn of ex- 

 traordinary size was discovered at the bottom. 

 For their vessels they not only made use of earth, 

 but of hard wood, and even of marble, and 

 vases of the latter have been sometimes dis- 

 covered that were polished with the greatest 

 perfection. 



From the earth they extracted gold, silver, 

 copper, tin, and lead ; and, after purifying, em- 

 ployed these metals in a variety of useful and 

 curious works, particularly the bell-metal copper, 

 which is very hard ; of this they made axes, 



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