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Майн Рид. Odd People: Being a Popular Description of Singular Races of Man
Odd People: Being a Popular Description of Singular Races of Man
Table of Contents
Chapter One
Bosjesmen, or Bushmen
Chapter Two
The Amazonian Indians
Chapter Three
The Water-Dwellers of Maracaibo
Chapter Four
The Esquimaux
Chapter Five
Mundrucus, or Beheaders
Chapter Six
The Centaurs of the “Gran Chaco.”
Chapter Seven
The Feegees, or Man-Eaters
Chapter Eight
The Tongans, or Friendly Islanders
Chapter Nine
The Turcomans
Chapter Ten
The Ottomacs, or Dirt-Eaters
Chapter Eleven
The Comanches, or Prairie Indians
Chapter Twelve
The Pehuenches, or Pampas Indians
Chapter Thirteen
The Yamparicos, or Root-Diggers
Chapter Fourteen
The Guaraons, or Palm-Dwellers
Chapter Fifteen
The Laplanders
Chapter Sixteen
The Andamaners, or Mud-Bedaubers
Chapter Seventeen
The Patagonian Giants
Chapter Eighteen
The Fuegian Dwarfs
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Mayne Reid
Published by Good Press, 2021
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They are far from being of a melancholy mood. Though crouching in their dens and caves during the day, in dread of the boers and other enemies, they come forth at night to chatter and make merry. During fine moonlights they dance all night, keeping up the ball till morning; and in their kraals may be seen a circular spot—beaten hard and smooth with their feet—where these dances are performed.
They have no form of government—not so much as a head man or chief. Even the father of the family possesses no authority, except such as superior strength may give him; and when his sons are grown up and become as strong as he is, this of course also ceases.
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