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Page 4
... leaves of which are tipped with violet ; and the heliconia , a kind of banana resembling the strelitzia , with dark red calyx and white flowers . In these deep shades , near the cool mountain streams , the heated traveller , especially ...
... leaves of which are tipped with violet ; and the heliconia , a kind of banana resembling the strelitzia , with dark red calyx and white flowers . In these deep shades , near the cool mountain streams , the heated traveller , especially ...
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... leaves ; they are fond of finery , but are decently dressed , and speak the Portuguese tongue . At St. Fidelis is a light and spacious church , belonging to an uninhabited monastery ; and these Indians are much indebted to the kindness ...
... leaves ; they are fond of finery , but are decently dressed , and speak the Portuguese tongue . At St. Fidelis is a light and spacious church , belonging to an uninhabited monastery ; and these Indians are much indebted to the kindness ...
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... leave , pro- mising to renew their visit . ' We had scarcely left the house the next morning , when we perceived the Indians coming out of the woods . We hastened to meet them , treated them immediately with brandy , and accompa- nied ...
... leave , pro- mising to renew their visit . ' We had scarcely left the house the next morning , when we perceived the Indians coming out of the woods . We hastened to meet them , treated them immediately with brandy , and accompa- nied ...
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... leaves were laid obliquely on the wind- ward side . Near a small fire on the ground , various fruits , ar- row ... leave of them . An indifference to impressions of joy or sorrow is perceptible among all the American tribes , whose ...
... leaves were laid obliquely on the wind- ward side . Near a small fire on the ground , various fruits , ar- row ... leave of them . An indifference to impressions of joy or sorrow is perceptible among all the American tribes , whose ...
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... leaves of the Bromelias , in the corners of which is found very good water , collected from the rain and dews ; and this nectar is caught by applying the plant quickly to the mouth . A species of reed , too , is found on the coast of ...
... leaves of the Bromelias , in the corners of which is found very good water , collected from the rain and dews ; and this nectar is caught by applying the plant quickly to the mouth . A species of reed , too , is found on the coast of ...
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