THE GUANACOS. 



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called — Gua — Gua,'' — here she pulled a slip 

 of paper from her pockety and read Guanacos. 

 They have lived a long while in those v^et 

 countries ; and when the floods come, they 

 run up into the high palm-trees, and live 

 there." 



But how is it/' I inquired, that the 

 branches are not burned by their fires ?" 



" Because/' said the composed little narrator 

 they burn them on earth." 

 O, Harriet !" exclaimed Frederick, " but you 

 said, just now, they were up in the trees, and 

 that the earth was covered with water !" 



" Not that earth," replied the ready little 

 girl, which they take with them up into the 

 trees. They hang mats between the branches, 

 and in these they put their earth, and on that 

 their fire. I suppose, too, that they take with 

 them up stairs, something to burn." 



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