Recollections of Four Years in VenezuelaH.S. King & Company, 1876 - 303 pagini |
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... Indians , who gladly work under him , and are proud of their padrino ( god - father ) . Padrinos and Madrinas ( godmothers ) are not , in some Roman Catholic countries , what I have seen of godfathers and godmothers in what are called ...
... Indians , who gladly work under him , and are proud of their padrino ( god - father ) . Padrinos and Madrinas ( godmothers ) are not , in some Roman Catholic countries , what I have seen of godfathers and godmothers in what are called ...
Pagina 20
... Indian girls bring in calabashes of water , which answer for finger basins , after which the fingers may freely do the duties of knives and forks . It rained during dinner time . A middle - aged woman of mixed Indian and Negro blood ...
... Indian girls bring in calabashes of water , which answer for finger basins , after which the fingers may freely do the duties of knives and forks . It rained during dinner time . A middle - aged woman of mixed Indian and Negro blood ...
Pagina 25
... Indian brought the corial back , and the three of us started up the Caña Caruto . Why Caruto is called a caña - channel , arm , creek , unless it means the channel by which drain- age is effected - is , to me , as inexplicable as why ...
... Indian brought the corial back , and the three of us started up the Caña Caruto . Why Caruto is called a caña - channel , arm , creek , unless it means the channel by which drain- age is effected - is , to me , as inexplicable as why ...
Pagina 26
... Indians of mixed Guaraounes ( Waraus ) of very unsettled and dissolute habits . On our way up , a distance of eight miles , we saw several alligators on the mud banks , each about seven feet long . They remained basking Climbing Snakes ...
... Indians of mixed Guaraounes ( Waraus ) of very unsettled and dissolute habits . On our way up , a distance of eight miles , we saw several alligators on the mud banks , each about seven feet long . They remained basking Climbing Snakes ...
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... first I mistook it for an eel ; but an Indian who was present un- deceived me in good time . The rancheria ( dwelling ) was a pretty good one . Gerilleau had taken much trouble to raise the earth floor ; and the sleeping room , which was.
... first I mistook it for an eel ; but an Indian who was present un- deceived me in good time . The rancheria ( dwelling ) was a pretty good one . Gerilleau had taken much trouble to raise the earth floor ; and the sleeping room , which was.
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Pagina 125 - The purest treasure mortal times afford Is spotless reputation ; that away, Men are but gilded loam or painted clay.
Pagina 35 - Our Place among Infinities. A Series of Essays contrasting our little abode in space and time with the Infinities around us. To which are added Essays on "Astrology,
Pagina 20 - HELLWALD (Baron F. von). The Russians in Central Asia. A Critical Examination, down to the present time, of the Geography and History of Central Asia.
Pagina 47 - AN ESSAY ON THE CULTURE OF THE OBSERVING POWERS OF CHILDREN, especially in connection with the Study of Botany. Edited, with Notes and a Supplement, by Joseph Payne, FCP, Author of ' Lectures- on the Science and Art of Education,
Pagina 47 - YOUMANS (Eliza A.). An Essay on the Culture of the Observing Powers of Children, especially in connection with the Study of Botany. Edited, with Notes and a Supplement, by Joseph Payne, FCP, Author of " Lectures on the Science and Art of Education,
Pagina 25 - On Cephalization ; or, Head-Characters in the Gradation and Progress of Life. Prof. SW JOHNSON, MA On the Nutrition of Plants. Prof. AUSTIN FLINT, Jr. MD The Nervous System and its Relation to the Bodily Functions.
Pagina 34 - William Godwin : His Friends and Contemporaries. With Portraits and Facsimiles of the Handwriting of Godwin and his Wife. 2 vols. Square post 8vo. Cloth, price 28*.
Pagina 18 - Published by Authority, and in accordance with Official Documents. Translated from the German by Colonel G. Graham, VC, CB, RE With 6 large Maps.
Pagina 11 - World : a Simple Account of Man in Early Times. Sixth Edition. Crown 8vo. Cloth, price 3$. A Special Edition for Schools. Price is. The Childhood of Religions. Including a Simple Account of the Birth and Growth of Myths and Legends.
Pagina 4 - Service and their rdle in War, of its Mode of Fighting, &c., &c. Translated from the Corrected Edition, by permission of the Author, by Colonel Edward Newdigate. Demy 8vo. Cloth, price 5$.