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Adjuntamos al preeente trabajo algunas

i lustraciones, las cuales de un modo tangible,

han de patentizar ciertas observaciones ex–

puestas en

presente opúsculo.

Com·o

ant.eriorrnente hemos

dicho,

po–

de111os por el n1on.1ento ampliar

n1ás

este tra–

bajo in vestigat orio, referente

''Quiénes erau

los Incas", lo único que hen1os pretendido

por ahora

-es

principiar

emaneiparnos algo

<le los

~ronistas

d·e los castillos de naipes

·edificados sobre sus fábulas

relatos para

ver si algún día se puede

levan t a-r

·en algo si-

2haco and the [neas. Their blan.kets are almost identi–

cal with those seen in therelics of ancient Perú.· Th1s

similari

is al so ver

marked in the case of the string

bags

~vhich

they malee and use at the present day, and

~here

some

slight resemb1ance in their pottery. The

Lengua Indians of the Chaco :vvear a woven band

wooi round the head, and especially prize those orna–

mented vvith the feathers of a comparative1y rare bird.

They also pract1se the

boring of 01e ears

~nd

the

dis-

1:endi11g oÉ the lobe to

enormous s1ze, in arder to

i~nsert

ear

discs

light wood.

On seme maps the Indians

in the

~eighbourhood

of the Lengaas are designated

•'Orejones" on account of this custom of wearing

"~oo•den ear clises. Both these ornaments were highly prized

by the Peruvians.

Among t'he superstitions of the Chaco Indians, I

n1ention three "t-vhich seem to a Peru v-ian oágin. They

a ppeal tho the mnon in matters of marriage., and the