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Their moral qualities are proportionate t 

 their physical endowments; thej are intrepid, 

 animated;, ardent, patient in enduring fatigue, 

 ever readj to sacrifice their lives in the service 

 I of their country, enthusiastic lovers of liberty, 

 which they consider as an essential constituent 

 j of their existence, jealous of their honour^ 

 J_^-courteous, hospitable, faithful to their engage- 

 ments, grateful for services rendered them, and 

 *generous and humane towards the vanquished. 

 But these noble qualities are obscured by the 

 vices inseparable from the half-savage state of 

 life which they lead, unrefined by literature or 

 cultivation ; these are drunkenness, debauchery, 

 'presumption, and a haughty contempt for all 

 other' nations. Were the civil manners and in- 

 nocent improvements of Europe introduced 

 among them, they would soon become a people 

 deserving of universal esteem ; but, under the 

 present system, this happy change appears im- 

 possible to be eftccted. 



All those nations whom either the nature of 

 the climate or a sense of decency has induced to 

 clothe themselves, have made use at first of loose 

 garments, as being the most easily made. But 

 the Araucanians, from their great attachment io 

 war, which they consider as the only true source 

 of glory, have adopted the short garment, as the 

 best suited to martial conflicts. This dress is 

 made of wool, as was that of the Greeks and - 



