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CHAP. II. 



Division of the Araucunian State ; Its political 

 Form and civil InsiitutioJis. 



Although in their settlements the Araucanians 

 are wanting in regularity^ that is by no mean* 

 the case in the political divisioa of their state, 

 which is regulated with much intelligence. Thej 

 have divided it from north to south into four 

 uthal-mapus, or parallel tiJtrarchals, that are 

 nearly equal, to which they give the names of 

 lauquen-mapu, the maritime country ; lelhun- 

 mapu, the plain country ; inapire-mapu, the 

 country at the foot of the Andes ; and pirc- 

 mapu, or that of the Andes. Each Uthalmapii 

 is divided into five aillarcgucs, or provinces; 

 and each aillaregue into nine rcgues, or counties. 

 The maritime country comprehends the pro- 

 vinces of Arauco, Tucapel, Illicura, Boroa, and 

 Nagtolten ; the country of the plain include* 

 those of Encol, Puren, Repocura, Maquegua, 

 and Mariquina : that at the foot of the Andes 

 contains Marven, Colhue, Chacaico, Quechere- 

 gua, and Guaaagua ; and in that of the Andes 

 is included all the valleys of the Cordilleras, 

 situated within the limits already mentioned* 



