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ho instance of their ever having" attacked a man^ 

 and a person may not only travel, but lie down to 

 sleep with perfect security, in any part of the 

 plain, and even in the thickest -forests of the 

 mountains. Neither tigers, wolves, nor many 

 other ferocious beasts that infest the neighbour- 

 ing countries, are known there. Probably the 

 great ridge of the Andes, which is every where 

 extremely steep, and covered w ith snow, serves 

 as a barrier to their passage. The mildness of 

 the climate may also be unfavourable to them, 

 as the greater part of these animals are natives 

 of the hottest countries. 



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