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Page 33
... brought down the river by the Ulleros , and all these have the usual features and coarse black hair of the Indians . One little child that Dr. Seemann and I saw at San Carlos , in 1870 , had a few brownish hairs amongst the great mass ...
... brought down the river by the Ulleros , and all these have the usual features and coarse black hair of the Indians . One little child that Dr. Seemann and I saw at San Carlos , in 1870 , had a few brownish hairs amongst the great mass ...
Page 34
... brought down in triumph to San Carlos . The excuse for stealing the children is that they may be baptised and made Christians ; and I am sorry to say that this shameful treat- ment of the poor Indians is countenanced and connived at by ...
... brought down in triumph to San Carlos . The excuse for stealing the children is that they may be baptised and made Christians ; and I am sorry to say that this shameful treat- ment of the poor Indians is countenanced and connived at by ...
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... brought to assume , but others they still cannot elude . Since Mr. Bates first brought forward the theory of mimetic resemblances its importance has been more and more demon- strated , as it has been found how very largely animal life ...
... brought to assume , but others they still cannot elude . Since Mr. Bates first brought forward the theory of mimetic resemblances its importance has been more and more demon- strated , as it has been found how very largely animal life ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 3 |
Commence journey up San Juan riverPalms and wild canes | 13 |
CHAPTER III | 27 |
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