. Wanderings in South America, the North-west of the United States and the Antilles, in the years 1812, 1816, 1820, & 1824 : with original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, etc. for cabinets of natural history . Zoology; Taxidermy. 478 EXPLANATORY INDEX. for its beauty and intellect. The Acoways wear scarcely any clothing, and indeed, when no white men are near, do not trouble themselves about clothes at all. They wear their coarse black hair very long, and are accustomed to cany a piece of wood in the cartilage of the nose. REAL AND IDEAL. The Caribs are also nude, and w
. Wanderings in South America, the North-west of the United States and the Antilles, in the years 1812, 1816, 1820, & 1824 : with original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, etc. for cabinets of natural history . Zoology; Taxidermy. 478 EXPLANATORY INDEX. for its beauty and intellect. The Acoways wear scarcely any clothing, and indeed, when no white men are near, do not trouble themselves about clothes at all. They wear their coarse black hair very long, and are accustomed to cany a piece of wood in the cartilage of the nose. REAL AND IDEAL. The Caribs are also nude, and wear ornaments in their under lips. Lastly, come the Macoushies, who are the best wourali makers, and sell it to other tribes. In the accompanying illustration I have brought together three figures, in order to show the difference between the European and Guianan types of the human frame. The " Painter's Ideal" is copied from an imaginative drawing of a young Indian girl, as depicted by a well-known artist. The model is clearly of an English type, with the abundant. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Waterton, Charles, 1782-1865. London ; New York : Macmillan
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