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THE AMAZON AND MADEIRA RIVERS. 
However, wlien we judge of the civilisation, or rather of the 
aptitxrde for it, of the Soixth Axxxcricau Indian tribes, particularly of 
those in the valleys of the Amazon, the Parana, and the Paraguay, 
we must not forget the impossibility of their achieving per saUum the 
great advance from a life of wild fishers and hxmtcrs to a life of cattle- 
breeders, hi the midst of those endless forests, and in the total 
absence of domestic animals comparable Avith our cuttle. Wlien xve 
remember that the semi-cxxltured condition of a gi’eat part of Asia, 
and of some parts of Africa, is based entirely on the existence of 
Por the benefit of readers particularly interested in Gruaraui, I here add a dialogue 
on Christian Doctrine, as it was taught two hundred j'ears ago in the Spanish J esuit 
Missions : — 
Priest. How ought a man to behave in 
this world to free himseK from hell 
and to get into heaven ? 
Pupil. He must believe in God, be chris- 
tened, and foUow his commandments. 
Priest. Is there a God ? 
Pupil. There is. 
Priest. Do you believe in this God ? 
Pupil. I do. 
Priest. Who is God ? 
Pupil. He who has created aR things. 
Priest. How has he created all things '? 
Mara oicobope ace ico ara pube anhan 
garata 9iii onhe pygyro pota ybaky pe 
oiere rago ucar .' 
Pupil. Only by liis word. 
Priest. Has God a body like us ? 
Pupil. He has not. 
Priest. Has God ever had a beginning ? 
Pupil. Ho has not. 
Priest. Was he from eternity? 
Pupil. He was. 
Priest. Will he be for ever ? 
Pupil. For ever. 
Priest. Wliere is God? 
Pupil. In heaven. On earth there is no 
place where he is not. 
Priest. Can one see God ? 
Pupil. One cannot. 
Priest. Why? 
Pupil. Because he has no body. 
Priest. AVhere can one see him ? 
Pupil. In heaven. When we get there 
we shall see him. 
Priest. And those in hell will not see 
him ? 
Pupil. By no means. 
Priest. Wliy not ? 
Pupil. On account of their sins. &c. 
Tupa rerobiar inhe mom garay pa; Tupa 
nhe enga rupi oicobo. 
Oioobepe Tupa ? 
Oicobe. 
Pererobiarpe ae Tup.a ? 
Arobiar. 
Mbae Tupa ? 
Opacatu mbae tetirua mouhang ar-a. 
Mbae pupe Tupa opacatii tetirua oimon- 
hang? 
Inheenga pupe nhote. 
Cetepe Tupa agei abe ? 
Nagetei. 
Ni y py pe eri mbae Tupa ? 
Ni y py i. 
Ceco abanho pe ceeoi ? 
Ceco abanhe. 
Aujera manhepe geeoi? 
Aujeramanhe — ne. 
Umamepe Tupa reoe? 
Ybaky j)e, yby pe noico mbae amo gecoa- 
beyma. 
Ei catupe ago ykebe Tupa repiaca ? 
Ndey catui. 
Maranamope ? 
Cete — ey m — nhe. 
Mamepe ageo gepiak — ne? 
Ylraky pe iande goreme — ogeiiiaky ne. 
Anhangara tape o go mbae rama ndn 
cepiak — xoerene ? 
Ndogepiak. 
Maranamope ? 
Inhiienya ahyagoera repyranmo. &c. 
