Brazil and the Brazilians : portrayed in historical and descriptive sketches . ? •.. Or again, if set upon by a dog or some small quadruped, he swal-lows himself and rolls down a hill. I have before me a specimen of the armadillo that was seized in hisdoubled-up state and thrust immediatelyinto boiling water, which has preservedhim in that position. So little does it re-semble the live animal or his naturalelongated appearance, that no friend towhom I have shown him could divinewhat it was, nearly every one taking himto be some strange Brazilian nut. The en-gravings aiford a perfect likeness o
Brazil and the Brazilians : portrayed in historical and descriptive sketches . ? •.. Or again, if set upon by a dog or some small quadruped, he swal-lows himself and rolls down a hill. I have before me a specimen of the armadillo that was seized in hisdoubled-up state and thrust immediatelyinto boiling water, which has preservedhim in that position. So little does it re-semble the live animal or his naturalelongated appearance, that no friend towhom I have shown him could divinewhat it was, nearly every one taking himto be some strange Brazilian nut. The en-gravings aiford a perfect likeness of himfrom two different points of view: neitherhead nor tail can be made of him, unlessthe triangular piece is his os frontis. In returning to Rio de Janeiro, it isoften an agreeable variety to make thepassage in afalua.* This is a species ofboat with lateen sails, and may be oftwenty or forty tons burden. They are manned by a captain, whosteers, takes the three-cent fare, and scolds the poor blacks. Whenit is calm, the more than half-naked negroes slowly pull at thelong oars, wh
Size: 1726px × 1448px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1850, bookidbrazilbrazilians00kidd
