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it. This game has its established laws, which 

 the judges oblige them verj strictly to observe ; 

 notwithstanding which, many disputes occur. 

 The successful players acquire great reputation, 

 and are invited to all the principal parties that 

 are made in the country. When two provinces 

 challenge each other, as frequently happens, 

 this amusement becomes a public spectacle. An 

 imraenfee ccpwd of people collect, and bet very 

 largely. The peasants of the Spanish provinces 

 have introduced among this game, and their 

 families, in reference to it, are divided into two 

 parties called plazixs and lampas. It has become 

 one of their most favourite amusements, notwith- 

 standing the proclamations issued from time to 

 time by the government against all those who en- 

 courage or promote it. 



What we have said of the Araucanians does 

 not altogether apply to the Puelches, or inhabit- 

 ants of the fourth Uthalmapu, situated in the 

 Andes. These, although they conform to the 

 general customs of the nation, always discover 

 a greater degree of rudeness and savageness of 

 manners. Their name signifies eastern-men. 

 They are of lofty stature, and are fond of hunt- 

 ing, which induces them frequently to change 

 their habitations, and extend their settlements 

 not only to the eastern skirts of the Andes, but 

 even to the borders of the lake Naguelguapi, 



