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nifies eastern-men. They are of lofty stature, and 

 are fond of hunting, which induces them frequently 

 to change their habitations, and extend their settle- 

 ments not only to the eastern skirts of the Andes, 

 but even to the borders of the lake Naguelguapi^ 

 and to the extensive plains of Patagonia on the shores 

 of the north sea. The Araucanians hold these 

 mountaineers in high estimation for the important 

 services which they occasionally render them, and 

 for the fidelity Vvhich they have ever observed in 

 their alliance with them. 



