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wrong, being themselves careful not to offend others. 1 The 

 Zarnbo excels the Negro Indian in energy, stature, and vigour; 3 

 but we rarely meet with such a favourable description of their 

 characters, as that given by A. de St. Hilaire 3 of the Zamboes 

 on the Paranahyba. He describes them as peaceable agricul- 

 turists, providing for all their wants ; they spin and weave, 

 make their own pottery, are well-dressed, and live in comfort- 

 able circumstances. Sarmiento 4 also attributes to the Zamboes 

 of the Argentine republic, talents and progressive civilization. 

 But elsewhere they are in very bad repute, on account of their 

 indifferent character, though we must bear in mind that almost 

 all of them are illegitimate children. The Cocamas are said to 

 be courageous, warlike, and lovers of freedom. 5 The so- 

 called "Black Caribs" of St. Vincent, who once murdered 

 the colonists of that island without any provocation, were 

 Zamboes. In Lima all the great criminals are, according to 

 Tschudi, Zamboes, who are also in Caraccas considered as the 

 worst class of the population. By far the most profligate of 

 all mongrels in Peru are those of Negroes and Mestizoes, or of 

 Negroes and Mulattoes. 6 This applies also to the Zamboes in 

 Nicaragua. 7 Like the cross-breeds of the Dutch and Malay 

 women in Batavia, the Hindoo mongrels of Europeans are weak 

 in body and mind. 8 The mongrels of Europeans and New 

 Zealand women are described as healthy and muscular, 9 but 

 neither bodily nor intellectually do they seem superior to the 

 children of the natives ; the latter are open and free with 

 strangers, the former are bashful, and conceal themselves 

 behind their mothers. 10 



Various theories have been founded upon the phenomena 

 resulting from the crossing of different types. Grobineau has en- 



1 E. Cox, " The Columbia river," iii, p. 298, 3rd edit., 1832. 



2 Lavaysse, " E. nacli Trinidad," p. 357, 1816. 



3 " Voy. aux sources du E. S. Francisco," ii, p. 254, 1847. 



4 " Nouv. Ann. des voy.," p. 302, 1853. 

 * Poppig, ii, p. 401. 



6 Stevenson, " E.," i, p. 200. 



7 Squier, " Trav. in centr. Am.," ii, p. 153, 1853. 



8 Graf Odrtz, " E. um d. Welt," iii, p. 405. 



9 Polack, " New-Zeal.," ii, p. 276, 1838 ; Schmalda, loc. cit., ii, p. 200. 



10 Savage, " Some account of N. Zeal.," p. 92, 1807. 



