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CHAPTEB XIX. 
ABORIGINES—MANNERS AND CUSTOMS—BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND 
MARRIAGES.—MOSQUITO INDIANS V. TRADES UNIONS.-EARLY 
HISTORY OP MOSQUITO.-NELSON’S ATTACK ON NICARAGUA.- 
BILL OP FARE.—AN INTERESTING COMPARISON.-BOLIVAR’S 
PREDICTION.-YEARLY REVOLUTIONS. 
The inhabitants of the Mosquito Eeservation con¬ 
sist merely of remnants of tribes, such as the Mos¬ 
quitoes, Woolwas, Bamas, and Smoos, besides the 
Caribs and Creoles, but their numbers are very much 
reduced, and now altogether barely amount to three 
thousand within the limits assigned to them by the 
treaty of Managua (1860). 
The aborigines are about the middle height, with 
very dark complexion, long coarse black hair, good 
eyes, and thin lips; but the distinguishing feature of 
the tribes is the nose, which is sharp, thin, and small 
to a remarkable degree in those dwelling on the sea- 
coast, whilst amongst those living inland the nasal 
organ is comparatively prominent. 
The distinctive appellation of the Mosquitoes amongst 
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