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IN SOUTH AMERICA. 



The Guarani, or Carib race, formerly occupied the Antilles, and 

 on the mainland extended as far as Paraguay. It is principally dis- 

 tinguished by the yellow colour of its skin, by the rounded contour 

 of its visage, by the flatness of the nose, and the oblique disposition 

 of the eyes. It comprises three branches : that of the Caribs properly 

 so called, that of the Guaranis, and that of the Botocoudos. 



The Cai'ibs, whose name has become in our common parlance a 



GUARAXI INDIANS (SOUTH AMERICA). 



synonyme with cannibal, formed at the epoch of the discovery of the 

 New World the anthropophagic population of the islands of the 

 Mexican Gulf. To-day, however, it is completely annihilated ; but a 

 few scattered offshoots of the same race inhabit the banks of the 

 Orinoco. The Caribs are tall and robust, and are included among the 

 most ferocious tribes of South America, 



The Guaranis, in their physiognomy, the colour of their skin, and 



