The lower Amazon : a narrative of explorations in the little known regions of the state of Pará, on the lower Amazon, with a record of archæological excavations on Marajó Island at the mouth of the Amazon River, and observations on the general resources of the county / by Algot Lange ; with an introduction by Frederick S. Dellenbaugh.

  • Lange, Algot, 1884-
Date:
1914
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Credit: The lower Amazon : a narrative of explorations in the little known regions of the state of Pará, on the lower Amazon, with a record of archæological excavations on Marajó Island at the mouth of the Amazon River, and observations on the general resources of the county / by Algot Lange ; with an introduction by Frederick S. Dellenbaugh. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    accepts from the “blood-sucking” trader no other mark than ‘ ‘ Collins. ’ ’ Try and sell him a German machete, even one with a gilt blade, and you will see the seringueiro's index finger oscillate as the national signal for “Nothing doing.” There are also two old tin pots with bushcord handles and a couple of cuyas, or calabash gourds from the tree of the same name, for holding water, and one for rubber-milk when tapping. This latter is strengthened by means of cipos which have been tied around the vessel somewhat in the manner of the wicker-work on the well-known Italian Chianti bottles. The other room is equally unpretentious and here I perceive the usual cheap, multi-coloured hammock, tied to the uprights by means of curaud fibres. (A plant of the Bromelia family.) A little rubber-pouch, made by covering a canvas or cloth bag with rubber-milk, contains tobacco and “Zig-zag” cigarette paper, or abade, and is suspended to the wall on some projecting leaf stalk. A muzzle loading trade-gun stands close to the hammock with a rag covering the percussion hammer. A large, but half-starving, yellow dog lies under the hammock watching his master s every movement. The rubber-worker now prepares to go to his daily work. He has eaten his frugal breakfast, consisting of black coffee and a handful of chibeh] chibeh being merely a watery variation of the usual
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