Excerpt from The Putumayo Red Book: Containing Proposals for the Protection of the Aborigines and the Effective Administration of the Putumayo Regions Under an International Board Under instructions of the Colombian Govern ment, as announced in a number of English news papers, copies of the first edition of this volume were forwarded post free to applicants. A large number of copies were thus put into circulation, and an edition in Spanish has been published with my consent by the Colombian Government. For its publication I have received the thanks of the Government and people of Colombia. The book has attracted widespread attention in this country, and the general approval of its objects by the public and the Press has afforded me the keenest satisfaction. As the principal object of the publication of this volume was to Show the urgent need for arbitration in respect of determining once and for all the frontier limits of Colombia and Peru, which are disputed, it may be stated that this point of view is now widely shared by thinking people in this country. For this reason the publication of this volume has not failed in its purpose, and it is a matter for congratulation that the two Govern ments concerned are likely, at an early date, to reach a final and satisfactory settlement respecting arbitration. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.