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round one e was a circle of black, a circle of white 
surrounded the other, and the rest of the “ human face 
divine 57 was streaked with paint of various colours ; 
they were all painted and clothed in nearly the same 
manner, their teeth were as white as ivory, remarkably 
even and well set ; but, except the skin which they 
wore, with the hair inwards, most of them were naked, 
some few only having on their feet a kind of boot, with 
a sharp pointed stick fastened to each heel, which 
served as a spur. When they were prevailed upon to 
sit down, they accepted with pleasure, a quantity of 
yellow and white beads, which were distributed among 
them ; they did not appear to be wholly strangers to 
European ornaments, for one woman among them, of 
enormous size, and having her face frightfully painted, 
had bracelets either of brass or very pale gold upon her 
arms, and some beads of blue glass strung upon two 
plaits of her hair, — they had a great number of dogs 
with them, with which it was supposed they chased 
wild animals for their food; they also had horses with 
them, which they managed with great dexterity ; the 
women rode astride, and both men and women without 
stirrups, and yet they galloped without fear over the 
sprit on the shore, the stones of which were large, loose 
and slippery they are of a copper colour, with long 
black hair. 
Leaving this land of giants and marvellous tales, 
which has served as a prolific quarry to the romancer, 
we wended our way along the coast of Chili. I could 
almost digress again when I think of the town of Con- 
