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in the Llanos % in returning* from my journey 

 to the Oroonoko ; and I shall confine mvself 

 here to repeating, that the Galibes ( Caribi of 

 Cayenne), the Tuapocas, and the Cunaguaras, 

 who inhabited originally the plains between the 

 mountains of Caripe (Caribe) and the village of 

 Maturin, the Jaol of the Island of Trinidad 

 and of the province of Cumana, and perhaps 

 also the Guarivas, allies of the Palenkas, are 

 tribes of the great and fine Caribbee nation. 



With respect to the other nations, whose 

 affinities of language with the Tamanack and 

 the Caribbee we have mentioned, we do not 

 think it indispensable, to consider them as of 

 the same race. In Asia, the nations of Mongul " 

 origin differ totally in their physical organiza- 

 tion from those of Tatar origin. Such has been, 

 however, the mixture of these nations, that, 

 according to the acute researches of Mr. de 

 Klaproth, the Tatar languages (branches of the 

 ancient Oigour) are spoken at present by hordes 

 incontestably of the Mongul race. Neither the 

 analogy nor the diversity of language can suf- 

 fice, to solve the great problem of the filiation 



* I shall in future use the word Llanos (loca plana, sup- 

 pressing the pj, without adding the equivalent words pam- 

 pas, savannas, meadows, steppes, or plains. The country be- 

 tween the mountains of the coast, and the left bank of the 

 Oroonoko, constitutes the Llanos of Cumana , Barcelona, and 

 Caraccas. 



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