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for a time Upon fruits and leaves, but finally all were drowned or died 

 of hunger but two; these lived until the Hood abated, when they 

 descended and took possession of the earth again. These were the 

 ancestors of the present tribe of the Pauniarl. At the beginning of 

 (he rainy season they built a raft and moved their hut upon- it, that 

 they might not be drowned with the flood, and their descendants have 

 kept up the custom to this day. 



They are said to bury their dead in a sitting posture, breaking up 

 the weapons and personal possessions of the deceased and burying 

 them with the body, and building a cover of the same character as 

 their houses over the grave. 



They live chiefly upon fish, turtles, and turtles 1 eggs. They are said 

 to be so expert in catching turtles, that they can dive to the bottom of 

 the river and take them there. They capture large numbers as they 

 come out to the sand bars to lay their eggs and keep them alive for 

 future use in pens made of stakes placed in th* 1 lakes near their 

 villages. 



They gather wild fruits and have small gardens. They keep a few 

 dogs procured from the settlers, and some chickens which seem to 

 accommodate themselves well to the wandering lives of their owners. 

 They make a small amount of india rubber to trade with the settlers, 

 and collect a little balsam copaiba, and in the season, make oil from tur- 

 tles' eggs. This is the famed turtle butter {manteiga de tartarugd) 

 which is an article of commerce and made use of by the civilized 

 Brazilians in cooking. They collect the eggs from the sand bars, using 

 a sharp stick to find the deposits and their paddles as spades to dig 

 them out. A canoe is tilled half full of eggs and the owners get in and 

 dance upon them with their bare feet. When all the eggs are crushed 

 the oil rises to the surface 1 and is skimmed off into pots. 



Their pottery is rude and unpainted, and the mats used in covering 

 or flooring their houses are usually without colors or figures. 



LIST OF WORDS OF THE PAUMARL 



head: dad!' 



hair: dadi' kafo'ni 



forehead: atai / 



lace: noku'i 



ears: morobu'i 



eyes: noku'i bada/nl 



nose; wlridl' 



mouth: bodi / 



lip: I hi' 



tongue: a ba/ni 



teeth: Inu/I 



chin: kanadai'i 



beard: nadai' ku saumT' 



neck: nabidi' 



breast: mak6Ini / 



shoulder: mantosi / 



arm: wadl' 



hand: sa ai' kai da/ni (upper side) 



hand: sa ai / kabodini (under side) 



linger: saai' 



finger nail: saai kana kodi'ni 



heart: wai 



lilcKid: ami/ 



skin: asa flni' 



thigh: kabahai'i 



leg: a wai 'I 



foot: dainai / 



big toe: damai' ndku/ni 



toe nail: dainai' kana kodT'ni 



devil: liaiadl' 



