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... round knobs . The colossal trees of the Brazilian woods are so lofty , that our fowling - pieces could not carry to the top of them , so that we often fired in vain at the finest birds ; but we loaded ourselves with the most beauti- ful ...
... round knobs . The colossal trees of the Brazilian woods are so lofty , that our fowling - pieces could not carry to the top of them , so that we often fired in vain at the finest birds ; but we loaded ourselves with the most beauti- ful ...
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... round and killed a large Capybara ( thick - nosed Tapir ) . His hunters shot at the animal , and placed an arrow in its body , when it quitted its prey , darted under water , and escaped . The shot had lost their force in the stream ...
... round and killed a large Capybara ( thick - nosed Tapir ) . His hunters shot at the animal , and placed an arrow in its body , when it quitted its prey , darted under water , and escaped . The shot had lost their force in the stream ...
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... round their waists , or short breeches , which they had obtained from the Portuguese . Some had their heads entirely shorn ; others had their naturally thick coal - black hair cut over the eyes , and hang- ing down into the neck : some ...
... round their waists , or short breeches , which they had obtained from the Portuguese . Some had their heads entirely shorn ; others had their naturally thick coal - black hair cut over the eyes , and hang- ing down into the neck : some ...
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of them it forms only a thin circle round the mouth , and hangs down about three inches below the chin . Some had painted on their foreheads and cheeks round red spots with urucu ( bixa orel- lana , Linn . ) ; on the breast and arms ...
of them it forms only a thin circle round the mouth , and hangs down about three inches below the chin . Some had painted on their foreheads and cheeks round red spots with urucu ( bixa orel- lana , Linn . ) ; on the breast and arms ...
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... round ; the face broad , with mostly high cheek - bones ; the eyes black , small , and sometimes oblique ; the nose short and broad , and their teeth very white : but some were distinguished by sharp features , small acquiline noses ...
... round ; the face broad , with mostly high cheek - bones ; the eyes black , small , and sometimes oblique ; the nose short and broad , and their teeth very white : but some were distinguished by sharp features , small acquiline noses ...
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