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they are widely separated from the Pampas Indians, and 

 border close on those tribes that inhabit the forest, and 

 live on foot. It appears, therefore, that these arrow-heads are 

 antiquarian ^ relics of the Indians, before the great change 

 in habits consequent on the introduction of the horse into South 

 America. 



1 Azara has even doubted whether the Pampas Indians ever used bows. 



[Several similar agate arrow-heads have since been dug up at Chupat, and two 

 were given to me, on the occasion of my visit there, by the Governor. — R. T. 

 Pritchett, 1880.] 



RHEA DARWINII (aVESTRUZ PETISE). 



