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Volume 1 49 |
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OUT AFTER WILD FOWL ON THE BANKS OF THE PANGOA RIVER |
COMELINESS AND COLOUR IN A FRENCH COLONY |
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| Dwelling in the valley of the Pangoa river, this Indian belongs to one of the many subdivisions of the Campa tribe, widely distributed over the Amazonian basin. Keen hunters, their only weapon is the bow, and unlike some of the other tribes they use no poison on the arrow. In his sleeveless gown of wild cotton, and plumed coronal, he shows a certain nobility of feature and of character | The native woman of Martinique revels in gaudy colours. The cut of her dress may be simple, but the material must be bright, and should it not be sufficiently striking a variegated shawl is worn around the shoulders |