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Page 72
... fish , but after hauling the net three times we only got some scad and one good - sized albacore , the half of which and likewise the said scad , were pre- sented . This net is more than fifty varas in length . When I got home again I ...
... fish , but after hauling the net three times we only got some scad and one good - sized albacore , the half of which and likewise the said scad , were pre- sented . This net is more than fifty varas in length . When I got home again I ...
Page 144
... fish ; and there were some brief showers of rain . The Indians brought four etoy poles with which to rig up a staging or super- structure over our cooking - hearth to store our salt upon , for it kept constantly melting . There were ...
... fish ; and there were some brief showers of rain . The Indians brought four etoy poles with which to rig up a staging or super- structure over our cooking - hearth to store our salt upon , for it kept constantly melting . There were ...
Page 252
... fish of doubtful identity ; Ciro Bayo ( Bibl . no . 14 ) quoting from D'Orbigny , calls it Serrasalmus marginatus , a voracious South Ameri- can freshwater fish of the carp family , also known as the caribe or man - eater , whose habits ...
... fish of doubtful identity ; Ciro Bayo ( Bibl . no . 14 ) quoting from D'Orbigny , calls it Serrasalmus marginatus , a voracious South Ameri- can freshwater fish of the carp family , also known as the caribe or man - eater , whose habits ...
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and the MYSTIC BOWL of MARAE TAPUTAPUATEA xxxivxli | xxxiv |
Description of the PLATES and CHART xlixlix | xli |
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