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m ACCOUNT OF THE WILD TRIBES 



INTELLECTUAL FACULTIES, KNOWLEDGK. 



Botli tlic iiiteliectmii iaculties ol llie Ja- 

 kuris and Uie knowledge tliev evince arc 

 very J i mi Led; itie reason of which is, I 

 thiok, not tiie defect of the faculties tliem- 

 selves, so much as really tlie want of means 

 to develope their intelligence. Tliey ai e in- 

 deed very ignorant, but they ore also cer- 

 tainly aJ)le of acquirement; tliey are en- 

 dowed witli a sound mi ml, a riglit judgment, 

 and a good momory, I have never found 

 among them any eithei' insane or iJiotical; 

 all I have seen were more or iess intelli- 

 gent, and I always found their inteilectual 

 faculties in a sound state, corresponding 

 to the common and ordinary rules of na- 

 ture. I doubt not but that if they ?vere to 

 receive the same care that is given to Eu- 

 ropean cliiidren tijey would become equalh 

 inleiligent, and possibly more suscephhie 

 of a good education than a greal part of 



