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The Andes and the Amazons. 



heads, broad shoulders, long bodies, short arms and legs, 

 and small feet. Though of short stature, I noticed more 

 powerful men than among the Quichuas; but the women 

 are not so good-looking. The complexion is dark brown, 

 the dwellers on the dry table -lands being darker than 

 those in the moist valleys. The body is darker than tlie 



Aymard Woman, Pano. (From a Photograph.) 



face.* After a free mixture for three hundred years, 

 we would expect a complete fusion of both Aymaras and 

 Quichuas with their conquerors; but they still maintain 

 their integrity, and outnumber the Cholos. Evidently the 

 latter are not prolific. 



The Aymaras have no great vices. Like the Quichuas, 



* None of the South American tribes have the coppery hue of the North 

 Americans. 



