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O N 



II K 



f men ittt^ by Admiral Byron, Captain Wallis, Mr. Bong 



Mr. de la Giraud 



d Mr. Du Clos Guyot, were all provided 



th horfes, of which all the families of 



Tc 



are 



'' 



deftitute ; for w^hich very reafon they deriv 



thei 



eir name ; Tacana 



cunneey fignifying footmen : and as thofe obferved by Captain Cook 

 in his firil voyage, * and by feveral Dutch,, -f and French navi- 



• 



gators, 1 had ho 



> 4- 



horfes, and commonly 



navigated bark 



canoes-, 



e 



the above aflertion of Mr. Falkner becomes more confirmed 

 Neverthelefs it may be very pofTible, that the inhabitants of th 

 more Weilern parts of Tierra del Fuego,. may be defcended from 

 fome branches of the Key-yiis, a tribe of the lluilliches, who belong 



M 



r 



to the nation of the Moluches -, and are rather of low JiatiirCy but 

 broad and thick Jet. || 



And really fomewhat fim 



1 



to them were 



We 



d 



w 



J 



the fev/ people, whom we met with at Chriflmas Bay. 



r 



them to be a fhort,, fquat race, with large heads ; their colour 



the 



cheek 



d 



th 



yellowifhbrown^ the features harfh, the face broad, 



h 



bones high and prominent, the nofe flat, the noflrils 



large, and the whole countenance without meaning. The hair is 



black and fcraight, hanging about the head in a fhocking 



their beards thin, and cut fliort. AU the upper part of the body 



manner, 



IS 



* HawkefVi'orth'^s compilation, vol. 2. p. 



t Recueil des Voyages pour I'EtabliiTement de la Comp. dcs fudcs Oricntaks. Y .4, 

 } Bougainville's Voyage, 



|( Falkner^s Defer, of Patagonia^ p. \ii^ 



