Narrative Of A Visit To Indian Tribes Of The Purus River Brazil Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from Traditionary Stories: Extant Among the Tapoia Indians Inhabiting the Valley of the Middle Amazon in Northern Brazil These fables as here submitted are literal reproductions of traditions communicated with great fidelity through many generations of the natives of Brazil. Mr. Rand in his botanical researches in the Valley of the Amazon was necessarily brought into intimate relations with these tribes, and being frequently entertained at different points with the narrations of these fables, was so struck with the remarkable similarity of the language of each narrator, that he determined to reproduce it verbatim. He has kindly presented us with a translation of his notes and the fables are now for the first time committed to type, in the hope and belief that they may prove interesting from their very naivete. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.