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availing themselves of the same kind of industry 

 to complete their rural labours. 



Fermented liquors, in the opinion of the Arati- 

 canianSj form the principal requisites of an en- 

 tertainment; for whenever they are not in plenty, 

 whatever may be the quantity of provisions, 

 they manifest great dissatisfaction, exclaiming 

 golingeJai, it is a wretched feast, there is no 

 drink. These bacchanalian revels succeed each 

 other almost without interruption throughout 

 the year, as every man of property is ambitious 

 of the honour of giving them, so that it may be 

 said that the Araucanians, when not engaged in 

 war, pass the greater part of their Lves in re- 

 velry and amusement. Music, dancing, and 

 play, form their customary diversions. As to 

 the first, it scarcely deserves the name, not so 

 much from the imperfection of the instruments, 

 which are the same they make use of in war, but 

 from their manner of singing, which has some- 

 thing in it harsh and disagreeable to the ear, 

 until one has been accustomed to it for a long 

 time. They have several kinds of dances, 

 which are lively and pleasing, and possess con- 

 siderable variety. The women arc rarely per- 

 mitted to dance with the men, but form their 

 companies apart, and dance to the sound of the 

 same instruments. 



If what the celebrated Leibnitz asserts is true, 

 that men have never discovered greater talents 



