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Camps in the Caribbees: The Adventures of a Naturalist in the Lesser Antilles Frederick A. Ober No preview available - 2018 |
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Page 76 - The hair of these savages was long and coarse, their eyes were encircled with paint, so as to give them a hideous expression ; and bands of cotton were bound firmly above and below the muscular parts of the arms and legs, so as to cause them to swell to a disproportioned size ; a custom prevalent among various tribes of the New World.
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Page 362 - My Indian Journal, Containing descriptions of the principal Field Sports of India, with Notes on the Natural History and Habits of the Wild Animals of the Country. By COLONEL WALTER CAMPBELL, author of 'The Old Forest Ranger.
Page 362 - Works of Rev. Thomas Chalmers, DD, LL.D. MEMOIRS OF THE REV. THOMAS CHALMERS. By Rev. W. HANNA, DD, LL.D.
Page 137 - These animals live not only in a kind of orderly society in their retreats in the mountains, but regularly once a year march down to the sea-side in a body of some millions at a time. As they multiply in great numbers, they...
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Page 359 - Mr. Bishop did a very bold thing, and has described it with a happy mixture of spirit, keen observation, and bonhomie