[388] The French traveller rejects the ἀ-, μαζός theory in favour of the ἄμα ζώνη—bound with a belt (Nery, p. 2).
[389] Wallace, p. 343.
[390] “I have myself seen that Indian women can fight.… The women pile up heaps of stones, to serve as missiles for the men” (Spruce, ii. 457-8). This, vide “stones,” is not possible in the Issa-Japura district.
[391] Where tribal differentiation of colour is so marked as among these people it is only natural that tales should be told of some mythical “white” folk.
[392] Crevaux, Voyages dans l’Amérique du Sud, p. 284.
[393] Komuine = monkey (Boro).
[394] “So high”—demonstrated with the hand.
[395] These would be her natural protectors.
[396] Rubber latex. See Depilation.
[397] To hide the unsightliness.