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borders of the Andes. These are the most sa^ 

 vage^ and, of course, the least numerous of any 

 of the Chilians, for it is an established fact that 

 the ruder the state of savage life, the more un- 

 favourable is it to population. They go almost 

 nakedj merely wrapping around them the skin of 

 the guanco.* ft is observable that all the Chi- 

 lians who inhabit the eastern valleys of the 

 Andes, both the Pchuenches, the Puelches^ and 

 the Huilliches, as well as the Chiquillanians, are 

 Tnuch redder than those of their countrymen who 

 dwell to the westward of that mountain. Al^ 

 these mountaineers dress tliemselves in skins, 

 paint their faces, live in general by hunting,, and 

 lead a wandering and unsettled life. They are 

 po other, as I have hitherto observed, than the 

 sormuch celebrated Patagonians,'\N'ho have ocr 

 casionally been seen near the straits of Magellan, 

 and have been at one time described as giants, 

 and at another as men a little above the common 

 stature. It is true, however, that they are, ge- 

 nerally speaking, of a lofty stature and great 

 strength. 



The anonymous account of Chili published at Bologna 

 ill speaking of this nation, observes, that their ianjjuage is gut-r 

 tural, and ^ ver^ corrupt jargon of the Qliiliain, 



