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and I am well convinced (hat these are the 

 famous PatagonianS;, of whom so much has heen 

 said. Lord Anson is of the same opinion, and 

 the descriptions given hv Byron, Wallis, Carteret, 

 Bougainville, Du CIos, and De la Giraudais, of 

 these pretended giants, agree perfectly well with 

 the appearance of the mountaineers of Chili. 

 What confirms me in my opinion is, that their 

 language, from the specimens of it which those 

 navigators have given, is the Chilian. I have 

 elsewhere showed that the Chiiiaii language doeb 

 not extend beyond the limits mentioned in the 

 commencement of this work ; besides which, the 

 Patagonian contains a great number of Spanish 

 words, which proves fully a communication be- 

 tween the two nations. The usual height of 

 these inhabitants of the mountains is five feet 

 seven inches ; the tallest that I have seen did not 

 exceed six feet three inches ; but what makes 

 them appear much larger is the enormous size of 

 their limbs, which do not appear to be adapted 

 to their height, except the hands and feet, which, 

 in proportion to the rest, aie very small. The 

 tout enscmhlc of their countenances is not bad ; 

 they have usually a round face, a nose rather 

 large, very sprightly eyes, remarkably white 

 teeth, black and coarse hair, and some of them 

 wear whiskers. They have generally a browner 

 complexion than the other Chilians, from their 

 being constantly in the open air. 



