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excursions, or as dealers in the various products of 
the country. He sent home, however, to his friend 
Mr. Teasdale a set of forty-four coloured drawings 
of " Costumes and Customs of Quito," which are 
now in possession of his son John Teasdale, Esq., 
Solicitor, of York, and which he has kindly allowed 
me an opportunity of inspecting. These were 
executed by a native Indian (though some writers 
doubt if there are any absolutely pure Indians left 
in Ecuador), and are very spirited and life-like, 
representing all the various trades and occupations 
of the people in their respective working or holiday 
costumes, and very naturally coloured, both colours 
and brushes being made by the artist himself from 
native vegetables or minerals. They serve to 
illustrate not only the people themselves, but their 
tastes in dress and ornaments, and support the view 
of previous writers as to their possession of mental 
faculties comparable with those of their conquerors 
and masters. 
Yet they appear to be by no means prepossess- 
ing, as exhibited in the accompanying portraits of 
four Quito Indians, reproduced from photographic 
prints in Dr. Theodor Wolfs Geografia y Geologia 
del Ecuador, These recall in their coarse massive 
features and stolid expressions many of the natives 
of the North American plains and mountains, such 
as the Cheyennes and some others, and suggest an 
original identity of the mountain as opposed to the 
forest tribes of both continents. 
The following description of the Ecuadoreans in 
the Universal Geography o{¥Ais^Q Reclus emphasises 
the several characteristics of these people. " Except 
during times of frenzy and ecstasy, the Ecuadoreans 
