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   ocr: THE AMAZON. FATHER OF WATERS 461 length and is the source of many myths among the natives whase imagination en- hances its size and prowess to terrifying pruportions. MANY INDIAN TRIBES IN TROPICAL AMA- ZONIA In all the tropical part of the Amazon basin there probably are between 1,500,000 and 1,600.000 inhabi- tants. Of these some 1300,000 live in Bra- zil and the remainder in the five Spanish- speaking countries, but largely in Bolivia and Peru. The basic race is Indian. Thereare still small groups of savage In- dians in the jungle fastnesses on the Bo- livian side of the Abuna, but they sel ...