Crossroads of the Caribbean SeaSurinam, Venezuela, Curaçao, Haiti, Santo Domingo; several subjects. |
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... head of bone , steel or wood . In shoot- ing birds and small animals , broad or rounded heads are used , with a little wooden guard , which prevents the tip from entering the body too deeply . For game they had a barbed steel head ...
... head of bone , steel or wood . In shoot- ing birds and small animals , broad or rounded heads are used , with a little wooden guard , which prevents the tip from entering the body too deeply . For game they had a barbed steel head ...
Page 127
... head of the snake , and some of the same liquid was poured over the wound . In three days the patient had fully recovered . Père Labat also stated that only a certain portion of the head of the reptile was mixed in the drink though he ...
... head of the snake , and some of the same liquid was poured over the wound . In three days the patient had fully recovered . Père Labat also stated that only a certain portion of the head of the reptile was mixed in the drink though he ...
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... head . The infuriated beast stops for a moment , then draws away . Again the chulo turns his back to it , sauntering ... head with a tantalizing flap . One of the men , single - handed , takes to teasing him , and the cape is caught on ...
... head . The infuriated beast stops for a moment , then draws away . Again the chulo turns his back to it , sauntering ... head with a tantalizing flap . One of the men , single - handed , takes to teasing him , and the cape is caught on ...
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