Tangweera: Life and Adventures Among Gentle SavagesE. Arnold, 1899 - 318 pàgines |
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... animal in the country . The lagoon still abounds with cockles and oysters , but it must have taken centuries to accumulate such heaps of shells ; and as the mounds are 30 feet high , an arbitrary custom must have compelled the women to ...
... animal in the country . The lagoon still abounds with cockles and oysters , but it must have taken centuries to accumulate such heaps of shells ; and as the mounds are 30 feet high , an arbitrary custom must have compelled the women to ...
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... animal stories , for which the Africans are famous and unequalled . I regret that I do not remember any of these stories , which this old man would never repeat except at a wake . I asked him once to tell me one of his wake stories ...
... animal stories , for which the Africans are famous and unequalled . I regret that I do not remember any of these stories , which this old man would never repeat except at a wake . I asked him once to tell me one of his wake stories ...
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... animals , and no one dared go near them , but in a few minutes the puma was dying , the dogs were driven off , and it was shot dead . It was skinned on the spot , and a quantity of the meat was carried home by the men to eat . We then ...
... animals , and no one dared go near them , but in a few minutes the puma was dying , the dogs were driven off , and it was shot dead . It was skinned on the spot , and a quantity of the meat was carried home by the men to eat . We then ...
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... animal , and only after chasing for a long time and repeated harpooning can it be secured . This curious animal belongs to a race nearly extinct . One species lives in the sea , and is found in West Australia and New Guinea . It is ...
... animal , and only after chasing for a long time and repeated harpooning can it be secured . This curious animal belongs to a race nearly extinct . One species lives in the sea , and is found in West Australia and New Guinea . It is ...
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... animals in this country than in any other part of the world . The ' sheep's- head ' is over 12 inches long , about 8 inches deep , and 3 inches thick , striped black and white like a zebra . It appears at the first floods in June , and ...
... animals in this country than in any other part of the world . The ' sheep's- head ' is over 12 inches long , about 8 inches deep , and 3 inches thick , striped black and white like a zebra . It appears at the first floods in June , and ...
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