The Naturalist on the River Amazons: A Record of Adventures, Habits of Animals, Sketches of Brazilian and Indian Life, and Aspects of Nature Under the Equator, During Eleven Years of TravelHumboldt Publishing Company, 1889 - 774 pages |
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Page 637
... natives of the sea - coast from Maranham to Bahia . It is related that one large tribe , We made many excursions ... natives call them , in the Tupí and received the early Portuguese settlers language , Igarapés , or canoe - paths . The ...
... natives of the sea - coast from Maranham to Bahia . It is related that one large tribe , We made many excursions ... natives call them , in the Tupí and received the early Portuguese settlers language , Igarapés , or canoe - paths . The ...
Page 643
... natives call the Amphisbæna the Mai das Saübas , " or Mother of the Saübas , and be- lieve it to be poisonous , although it is per- fectly harmless . It is one of the many curi- ous animals which have become the subject of mythical ...
... natives call the Amphisbæna the Mai das Saübas , " or Mother of the Saübas , and be- lieve it to be poisonous , although it is per- fectly harmless . It is one of the many curi- ous animals which have become the subject of mythical ...
Page 694
... natives , who manufacture a pleasant drink from it similar to the assai de scribed in a former chapter , by rubbing off the coat of pulp from the nuts , and mixing it with water . A bunch of fruit weighs thirty or forty pounds . The ...
... natives , who manufacture a pleasant drink from it similar to the assai de scribed in a former chapter , by rubbing off the coat of pulp from the nuts , and mixing it with water . A bunch of fruit weighs thirty or forty pounds . The ...
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