The book The Amazon And Madeira River; was written by author Saville, Marshall H. (Marshall Howard), 1867-1935. Fmo Here you can read free online of The Amazon And Madeira River; book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Amazon And Madeira River; a good or bad book?
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A number of pebbles, of the size of one's fist, or larger, are thoroughly heated in the fixe, and then carefully placed in a hole prepared for their reception, two or three feet deep. The anta's head (or the peccari), wrapped in banana or heliconiac leaves, is laid thereon ; another layer of glowing hot stones, together Avith more leaA'es, is put over * Many, especially children, in these countries share the same morbid craving ; -^-hich often reaches such a degree that not even the certainty o...f the most painfully miserable death awaiting them can cure them of it. As a desperate exjpedient, negro slaves sometimes are forced to wear iron masks, Avhich are only taken off during the meals Avhen the overseer is bj'. 90 THE AMAZON AND MADEIKA RIVERS. them, and the hole fiUecl up with earth. At the eud of six or eight hours a supply of the best and juiciest roast meat will thus be ready. Besides the tapir, two species of wild hog, and several kinds of deer, are especially appreciated. Among the latter is an exceedingly pretty one, scarcely thi-ee spans high.
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