Religion. The religion of each province i^ the same
with that of the Earopean country from which it waa
settled ; that of the Spanish, Portuguese, and French
settlements is Koman Catholic, that of the English and
Dutch is Protestant.
islands. Terra del Fuego is a large island in the south,
sepihited from the rest of the continent by the straits of
Magellan. Cape Horn on the south side of the island is
the most southern extremity of South America. Falh'
land islands are northeast of Terra del Fuego.
The island of Joan Fernandez^ nearly opposite Val-
paraiso on the coast of Chili, is uninhabited, Aiexan-



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both sides of the equator.
Indians. The lodiani are of two eliMoea, I
qaered or iodepeiideDt, and thfs conqoerod or oifUtnA
The former oceopy Patagoaia aod the latoflor (tf til
coDtioent; the latter are wbod hi with the whttei^ jM
ttiasiy of tbeai are dares.
