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Page 295
... feet long . The string is either of the tucum leaf - fiber ( Astrocaryum vulgare ) , or the inner bark of trees called tururi . The arrows are 5 feet long or over , are made of the flower - stalk of the arrow - grass , and are tipped ...
... feet long . The string is either of the tucum leaf - fiber ( Astrocaryum vulgare ) , or the inner bark of trees called tururi . The arrows are 5 feet long or over , are made of the flower - stalk of the arrow - grass , and are tipped ...
Page 340
... feet in diameter at the base and from 6 to 10 feet in diameter at the summit , usually 3 or 4 feet high , but some of them being near the top of a steep side - hill , of course the lower side is much higher than this . They are 16 in ...
... feet in diameter at the base and from 6 to 10 feet in diameter at the summit , usually 3 or 4 feet high , but some of them being near the top of a steep side - hill , of course the lower side is much higher than this . They are 16 in ...
Page 419
... long heaps lying nearly parallel with each other , and at right angles with the coast , and one rather small one between them . These heaps are 300 feet long and from 10 to 15 feet high . From these heaps a well beaten roadway extends ...
... long heaps lying nearly parallel with each other , and at right angles with the coast , and one rather small one between them . These heaps are 300 feet long and from 10 to 15 feet high . From these heaps a well beaten roadway extends ...
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Resolution of Congress to print extra copies of the report | 11 |
selected of interest to collaborators and correspondents of the Institu | 14 |
Laboratory | 17 |
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