. The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world; being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics. By Rev. J. G. With new designs by Angas, Danby, Wolf, 1871. r safety to their watchfulness,the squeal of alarm being instantly followedby the flight of the herd. Knowing thispeculiarity, the hunters are sure that if aherd of guanacos be in the plain, and a hillbe near them, the animals will be almostcertain to take to it. The second characteristic is, that theguanacos, when thrown
. The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world; being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics. By Rev. J. G. With new designs by Angas, Danby, Wolf, 1871. r safety to their watchfulness,the squeal of alarm being instantly followedby the flight of the herd. Knowing thispeculiarity, the hunters are sure that if aherd of guanacos be in the plain, and a hillbe near them, the animals will be almostcertain to take to it. The second characteristic is, that theguanacos, when thrown into confusion, en-tirely lose their presence of mind, runninga few steps in one way and then a few stepsin another, being quite unable to fix uponany definite plan of escape. A large party of hunters, sometimesnearly a hundred in number, arm them-selves with their long, light, cane-shaftedspears, called chuzos, summon their dogs,and set off toward the spot where a herd ofguanacos is known to be. Having fixedupon some grassy hill, half of the hunterspush forward and take up a position on thefurther side, while the others drive theguanacos gently toward their well-knowngrazing place. As soon as the animals are fairly on thehill, the hunters spread out so as to enclose. PATAGONIANS HUNTING GAME. (See page 1181.) (1180) CHASING THE GUANACO. 1181 them in a semicircle, and then dash forward,driving the herd up the hill. The detachedband on the other side, as soon as they hearthe shouts, spread themselves out in a simi-lar manner, the two bodies completely sur-rounding the hill, so that when the guanacosreach the summit they find themselves envi-roned by enemies. After the usual custom in such cases, theguanacos lose all presence of mind, somerunning one way, some another, mutuallyhindering each others escape, so that thehunters are able to pierce with their longspears the finest animals, and thus secure ina very short space of time so great a num-ber, that they are amply supplied w
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