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until they are dry and hard. They .seem to be used as a means of con- 

 v r eyance up and down the river rather than as fishing boats. The pad- 

 dles arc Long and pointed. 



Fig. 12. — Bark canoe of Jamamadi Indians 



These Indians make earthen pots of fire claj' for holding water and 

 for cooking purposes. No ornamentation or painting was seen upon 

 any of them. They were once noted for making fine bark hammocks, 



PIG. 13. — Strip of bark from which canoe is made. (See fig. 12. i 



but they now prefer to trade tame monkeys to the rubber gatherers 

 for cheap cotton hammocks from Para. (Plate 7, fig 5.) During the 

 season they collect a few nuts and a little sarsaparilla for trade with 

 the settlers. 



LIST OF WORDS OF JAMAMADI. 



bead: ta tr 



hair: tatI / -kone v 



forehead : nokubako' 



eyes: nokiV 



face: Sbete/ 



nose: widi' 



upper lip: bono' 



under lip: JhV 



tongue: ebene' 



teeth: IinY 



chin: ene'de" kong' — perhaps beard 



neck : nanilde' 



shoulder: karowi' 



arm: nifunV 



hand: yefe dalxY 



fingers: yetc kawi tarini' 



finger nails: aturlni/ 



breast: yuhari' 



belly: dura' 



leg: i'sO/ 



foot: te/ine" 



thigh: fanako' 



toes: namidini' 



ear: va/riibo 



man: ya/ra 



woman: fanawi' 



l)oy: mada ha' (n) 



baby: yauinf 



fish: aba' 



dog: jumai' 



tapir: awi' 



tobacco: cina' 



corn: kinii' 



sugar cane: can;V 



cotton: mofiV 



pot: jlwaha/ (n) 



boat: kanawa' 



paddle: kuyarl' 



blow gun: karabOha' (n) 



belt for blow gun; karnata/ 



