 | 1873 - 768 sider
...as myself Sometimes a sound is heard like the clang of an iron bar against a hard, hollow tree, or a piercing cry rends the air ; these are not repeated,...unpleasant impression which they make on the mind. With the natives it is always the Curupira, the wild man or spirit of the forest, which produces all noises... | |
 | Henry Walter Bates - 1863 - 396 sider
...myself. Sometimes a sound is heard like the clang of an iron bar against a hard, hollow tree, or a piercing cry rends the air ; these are not repeated,...unpleasant impression which they make on the mind. With the natives it is always the Curupira, the wild man or spirit of the forest, which produces all noises... | |
 | 1863 - 520 sider
...himself. Sometimes a sound is heard like the clang of an iron bar against a hard, hollow tree, or a piercing cry rends the air; these are not repeated,...unpleasant impression which they make on the mind. With the natives it is always the " Curupira," the wild man, or Spirit of the Forest, which produces all noises... | |
 | 1863 - 648 sider
...himself. Sometimes a sound is heard like the clang of an iron bar against a hard, hollow tree, or a piercing cry rends the air ; these are not repeated,...unpleasant impression which they make on the mind. With the natives it is always the " Curupira " the wild man or Spirit of the Forest, which produces all noises... | |
 | william harrison ainsworth - 1863 - 516 sider
...himself. Sometimes a sound is heard like the clang of an iron bar against a hard, hollow tree, or a piercing cry rends the air; these are not repeated,...unpleasant impression which they make on the mind. known to come down to the rocas to steal the mandioco. " At one time," Mr. Bates relates, " I had a... | |
 | 1863 - 568 sider
...Sometimes a sound is heard like the clang of an iron bar against a hard, hollow tree, or a piereing cry rends the air ; these are not repeated ; and the succeeding silence tends to highten the unpleasant impression which they make on the mind." What a rich and interesting field awaits... | |
 | Samuel Lucas - 1864 - 362 sider
...myself. Sometimes a sound is heard like the clang of an iron bar against a hard, hollow tree, or a piercing cry rends the air : these are not repeated,...unpleasant impression which they make on the mind. With the natives it is always the Curupira, the wild man or spirit of the forest, which produces all noises... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1865 - 736 sider
...as myself. Sometimes a sound is heard like the clang of an iron bar against a hard hollow tree, or a piercing cry rends the air ; these are not repeated,...unpleasant impression which they make on the mind. With the natives it is always the curnpira, the wild man, or spirit of the forest, which produces all noises... | |
 | Present - 1865 - 548 sider
...respect as myself. Sometimes a sound is heard like the clang of an iron bar against a hollow tree, or a piercing cry rends the air ; these are not repeated,...silence tends to heighten the unpleasant impression they produce on the mind. With the natives it is always the ' Curupia,' or spirit of the forest, which... | |
 | 1866 - 900 sider
...as myself. Sometimes a sound is heard like the clang of an iron bar against a hard hollow tree, or a piercing cry rends the air ; these are not repeated,...unpleasant impression which they make on the mind. With the natives it is always the curupira, the wild man, or spirit of the forest, which produces all noises... | |
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I found the natives generally as much at a loss in this respect as myself. Sometimes a sound is heard like the clang of an iron bar against a hard, hollow tree, or a piercing cry rends the air : these are not repeated, and the succeeding silence tends... 
