Note 9 — Chapter XXVII · REMARKS ON THE EARLY MIGRATIONS OF THE HUMAN RACE.
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The Piragua now used at Chilóe, and by the savages of the Chonos Archipelago, exactly resembles in every minute detail the Maseulah boat of Madras. Its ‘sacho,’ or wooden anchor with a stone in the middle, is precisely like that used in Chinese and Japanese Junks: but doubtless these coincidences may be accidental.