. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. ABOEIGINES OF EAST BRAZIL. 165 they spoke from the throat and through the nose, and were unable to utter several consonantal sounds. Their arms were barbed darts and arrows, their habitations frail structures of foliage, their religion fear of evil spirits, against whom they protected themselves by kindling great fires, as against wild beasts. At present the few surviving Botocudos all speak Portuguese, and since 1870 the use of the botoqne has fallen into abeyance. Another extinct tribe of different speech and origin were the Malali, visited in 1
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. ABOEIGINES OF EAST BRAZIL. 165 they spoke from the throat and through the nose, and were unable to utter several consonantal sounds. Their arms were barbed darts and arrows, their habitations frail structures of foliage, their religion fear of evil spirits, against whom they protected themselves by kindling great fires, as against wild beasts. At present the few surviving Botocudos all speak Portuguese, and since 1870 the use of the botoqne has fallen into abeyance. Another extinct tribe of different speech and origin were the Malali, visited in 1817 by Saint-Hilaire, but since merged in the surrounding peasant population. Fig. 64.—Ancient Indian Populations op East Beazil. Scale 1 : 11,000, 250 Miles. They went in great dread of the Botocudos, and one of their choice articles of food was a large white worm, which had the property of throwing into an ecstatic sleep of several days those who ate it. Unless the legend of Ramalho and his adventures in the Bay of Santos have a substratum of truth, the first white settlers in Brazil were the interpreters left by Alvarez Cabrai on the Santa Cruz coast, and the pioneers who lived with the aborigines on the Shores of Todos os Santos Bay. The settlement on this bay acquired considerable importance, first as the capital, and, later, as the second 45. 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 Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912. New York, D. Appleton and company
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