Indians and Jesuits are gone from Paraguay, the Indians to that Trapalanda which is their appointed place; and for the Jesuits, they are forgotten, except by those who dive into old chronicles, or who write books, proposing something and concluding nothing, or by travellers, who, wandering in the Tarumensian woods, come on a clump of orange-trees run wild amongst the urundéys. FINIS NON CORONAT OPUS [Illustration] Notes About the author: Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham (1852-1936) Born in London. Lived in Argentina, mostly ranching, from 1869 to 1883, when he returned to Scotland. Member of the British House of Commons for North West Lanark (1886-1892). Strong socialist tendencies. Was elected first president of the Scottish Labour Party in 1888, first president of the National Party of Scotland in 1928, and first Honorary President of the Scottish National Party in 1934. Died in Argentina. He was the model for a number of fictional characters in books by his friend, Joseph Conrad, and also by G. B. Shaw. Notes to the etext: Corrections made: Chapter I: (p. 6) (footnote) [‘Commentarios Reales’ (en Madrid CI}. I}CCXXIII., en la oficina] where “}” marks a character that is the mirror image of “C”, which was formerly used in Roman Numerals as follows: “CI}” = “M” [1,000]; “I}” = “D” [500]; and subsequent “}”s multiply by ten, as “I}}}” = 50,000. changed to: [‘Commentarios Reales’ (en Madrid 1723, en la oficina] Let us all take this moment to give thanks for Hindu-Arabic numerals, Amen. (p. 19) [‘Descripcion y Historia del Paraguay, ‘the Guaranís were spread] changed to: [‘Descripcion y Historia del Paraguay’, ‘the Guaranís were spread] (p. 24) (footnote) [del Sr Provisor Alonso Joseph Gomez de Lara.] changed to: [del Sr. Provisor Alonso Joseph Gomez de Lara.] (p. 34) [and his mother Doña Teresa Cabeza de Vaca,] changed to: [and his mother ‘Doña Teresa Cabeza de Vaca,] as the best guess as to where the quoted section begins, which is later marked with a closing quote. Chapter II: (p. 52) (footnote) [de la Compagnie de Jésus, vol. iii., cap v., p. 322] changed to: [de la Compagnie de Jésus’, vol. iii., cap v., p. 322] (p. 74) [militia of the missions could no nothing with their bows and arrows] changed to: [militia of the missions could do nothing with their bows and arrows] Chapter V: (p. 129) [to divine will, which, will, as the Bishop] changed to: [to divine will, which will, as the Bishop] (p. 131) (footnote) [[121] Exod. xxxii. 27.] updated to: [[121] Exod. 32:27.] (p. 138) [sending to him one Father Lopez, Provincial of the Dominicians.] changed to: [sending to him one Father Lopez, Provincial of the Dominicans.] Chapter VI: (p. 181) (footnote) [‘Declaracion de la Verdad, p. 295:] changed to: [‘Declaracion de la Verdad’, p. 295:] (p. 184) (footnote) [la Historia del Paraguay’, etc., cap. i., vol. ii.] changed to: [la Historia del Paraguay’, etc., cap. i., vol. ii.).]