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time he fumigates with tohacc6-sraoke from hif 

 pipe the four cardinal pointsof the circle. The 

 soldiers strip the flesh from the bones, and make 

 of them flutes ; then cutting off the head, carry 

 it around upon a pike amidst the acclamations 

 of the multitude^ while, stamping in measured 

 pace, they thunder out their dreadful war-song, 

 accompanied by the mournful sound of these 

 horrid instruments. This barbarous festival is 

 terminated by applying to the mangled body the 

 head of a sheep, which is succeeded by a scene 

 of riot and intoxication. If the skull should 

 not be broken by the blows of the club, they 

 make of it a cup called ralilonco^ which they 

 use in their banquets in the manner of the anciefit 

 Scythians and Goths. 



On the termination of a war, a congress is as- 

 sembled, called by the Spaniards parlamento, 

 and the Araucanians huincacoijag. This is usually 

 held in a delightful plain between the rivers Bio- 

 bio and Duqucco, on the confines of both terri- 

 tories, whither the Spanish President and the 

 Araucanian Toqui repair with the attendants 

 agreed upon in the preliminary articles. The 

 four Uthalmapus send at the same time four de- 

 puties, who are usually the Telrarchs themselves, 

 and whose unanimous consent is requisite for 

 the establishment and ratification of peace. In 

 the congress that was held after tke war of 1723, 

 were present one hundred and thirty Ulmenes 



