Letter VIII

1. The Gachupin—the full-blood European, or more properly the Spaniard, whose numbers are now very inconsiderable, having dwindled down since the revolution from 80,000 to probably not more than 10,000.2. Creoles of European extraction, 1,000,000.3. Mestizzoes, the offspring of the European and Indian, 2,000,000.4. Mulattoes, the offspring of Europeans and Negroes, 400,000.5. Aboriginal Indians, numbering from three to four millions.6. African Negroes and their descendants, 100,000.7. Zamboes, the offspring of Negro and Indian, 2,000,000.To these, about 15,000 European foreigners are to be added.