| Show AN art EXTINCT RACE one of til tho the 0 most remarkable rages races that ever eve r inhabited the earth is now extinct they were known as the haunches Ga and were wore the aborigines of the canary islands in the sixteenth century pestilence slavery and the cruelty of the spaniards succeeded in totally exterminating them they are described as having been gf gantic gigantic in stature but of a laray a r ay mild and gentle nature their til air food consisted of barley wheat and und goats milk and their agriculture was of the rudest kind they had a religion which taught them ofa of ota a future state of rewards and punishments after death and of good and evil spirits they regarded the volcano of teneriffe as a punishment for dortho the bad the bodies their dead were carefully embalmed embalm ed and deposited in catacombs cata combs which still continue to be an object of curiosity to those who w hot hor visit the island their mar ria ariage b rites were very solemn and engaging in them the jhb brides were fati tined on milk at the tho present dayi day these west strange people ard afe totally extinct |
