lis 



denoting particular friendship or good will. 



Those who have the ^ame name call each other 



I laca, and those who bear but a part of the name, 



J apellaca. These denominations incur an obliga- 

 tion of mutual esteem and aid. Relations bv 

 consanguinity are called in general monmague, 

 and those of affinity, guillan. Their table of 

 genealogy is more intricate than that of the 

 Europeans, all the conceivable degrees of re- 

 lationship being indicated therein by particular 

 names. 



From the mutual affection that subsists be- 

 tween them, proceeds their solicitude reciprocally 

 to assist each other in their necessities. Not a 

 beggar or an indigent person is to be found 

 throughout the whole Araucanian territory ; 



^ even the most infirm and incapable of subsisting 

 themselves are decently clothed. 



This benevolence is not, however, con fitted 

 only to their countrymen : they conduct with 

 the greatest hospitality towards all strangers of 

 whatever nation, and a traveller may live in any 

 part of their country without the least expense. 



Their usual expression whenever they meet is ' 

 marimari, and when they quit each other veji- 

 tempi, or vcnteni. They are rather tiresome in 

 their compliments, which are generally too long, 

 as they take a pride upon such occasions, as well 

 as every other, in making a display of their elo- 

 quence. The right hand is, among them, as with 



