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... seen , our joy was great as well as our curiosity . We hastened towards them , and surprized at the novelty of the sight , stood still before them . Five men and three or four women , with their children , had accepted the invitation to ...
... seen , our joy was great as well as our curiosity . We hastened towards them , and surprized at the novelty of the sight , stood still before them . Five men and three or four women , with their children , had accepted the invitation to ...
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... seen among the Tapuyas . The exploring party , with their attendant hunters , mules , and packages , now proceeded northward from St. Salvador to the river Espirito Santo . Throughout this district particularly , and indeed 1 in all ...
... seen among the Tapuyas . The exploring party , with their attendant hunters , mules , and packages , now proceeded northward from St. Salvador to the river Espirito Santo . Throughout this district particularly , and indeed 1 in all ...
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... seen at a time , with their heads above water , watching for prey , or basking in the sun among the roots and stumps of trees beside the banks . This animal is much smal- ler than the crocodile of the Old World , and even than those ...
... seen at a time , with their heads above water , watching for prey , or basking in the sun among the roots and stumps of trees beside the banks . This animal is much smal- ler than the crocodile of the Old World , and even than those ...
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... seen such strange and ugly beings . The more effectually to disfigure their countenances , they wear large pieces of wood , four or five inches long , in their lower lips and in their ears : the lip is thus made to project very much ...
... seen such strange and ugly beings . The more effectually to disfigure their countenances , they wear large pieces of wood , four or five inches long , in their lower lips and in their ears : the lip is thus made to project very much ...
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... seen engaged at once ; but they never laid hands on one another . When these combats had continued for some time , they again walked about with a se- rious look , uttering tones of defiance , till heroic enthusiasm again seized them ...
... seen engaged at once ; but they never laid hands on one another . When these combats had continued for some time , they again walked about with a se- rious look , uttering tones of defiance , till heroic enthusiasm again seized them ...
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