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as far as they were able. They have the same habit of snuff-taking 

 already described for the Jamamadi and the Paumari'. They were 



cannibals up to the time of the settlement of the river, and the cust 



is said to bo still retained in the villages not yel reached by civiliza- 





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Fig. 1. — Side elevation of Hypurina Indian house, a, rafters; b, ridg , olc; C, hoop supporting 



rafters. 



tion. Though warlike, they have never attacked the intruding set- 

 tlers, as the wild tribes about the rapids of the Madeira have done. 



They sleep in bark hammocks. One was seen in use among them 

 made of three lone, broad strips of bark, tied together at their ends. 

 They preserve the bones of their dead, wrapping them in bundles and 

 hanging them to the roof of one of their houses, deserted for the 

 purpose. 



Fig. 2.— End elevation of Hypurina Indian house. For lettering, see fig. 1. 



The village visited consisted of three houses, each fitted to hold three 

 or four families. These were oval in shape, or rather were made with 

 two straight parallel sides and rounded ends. They were about 25 by 

 •10 feet in diameter (fig. 1). There was no distinction of wall and 

 roof, the roof of thatch coming to the ground. The framework was 



