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" The dress of the men consists of a waistcoat and a pair of drawers ; that of the women, of a chemise and petticoat, with a handkerchief tied round the head, after the fashion of the Portuguese females. They... "
Universal Geography, Or, a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New ... - Page 545
by Conrad Malte-Brun - 1826
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Travels in the Interior of Brazil: Particulary in the Gold and Diamond ...

John Mawe - 1812 - 422 pages
...The- dress of the men consisted of a waistcoat and a pair of drawers ; that of the women, of a chemise and petticoat, with a handkerchief tied round the, head, after the fashion of the Portugueze females. They bore the general characteristics of their race, the copper-coloured skin,...
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Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal

1813 - 574 pages
...The dress of the men consisted of a waistcoat and a pair of drawers ; that of the women, of a chemise and petticoat, with a handkerchief tied round the head, after the fashion of the Portugueze females. They bore the general characteristics of their race, the copper-coloured skin,...
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The Analectic Magazine, Volume 4

1814 - 550 pages
...dress of the inea consisted of a waistcoat and a pair of drawers ; ttiat of the women, of a chemise and petticoat, with a handkerchief tied round the head after the fashion of the Portuguese females. They bore the general characteristics of their race, the copper-coloured skin, short and round...
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The Modern Traveller: (VII, 350 p., [1] h. map. pleg.)

1825 - 382 pages
...The dress of the men consists of a waisteoat and a pair of drawers ; that of the women, of a chemise and petticoat, with a handkerchief tied round the head, after the fashion of the Portuguese females. They bear the general characteristies of their race, the copper-coloured skin, short and round...
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Brazil and Buenos Ayres, Volume 1

Josiah Conder - 1825 - 374 pages
...The dress of the men consists of a waistcoat and a pair of drawers ; that of the women, of a chemise and petticoat, with a handkerchief tied round the head, after the fashion of the Portuguese females. They bear the general characteristics of their race, the copper-coloured skin, short and round...
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The Book of the World: Being an Account of All Republics, Empires, Kingdoms ...

Richard Swainson Fisher - 1852 - 752 pages
...their hair is black and sleek. Mr. Mawe saw a native chief, and fifty of his followers, in Canta Gallo, a district northward of Rio Janeiro; the dress of...distance of thirty yards, and they did not miss one ; he next showed them a banana tree, about eight inches in circumference, at the distance of forty...
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THE BOOK OF THE WORLD: BEING AN ACCOUNT OF ALL REPUBLICS, EMPIRES, KINGDOMS ...

RICHARD S. FISHER - 1853 - 638 pages
...their hair is black and sleek, Mr, Mawe saw a native chief, and fifty of his followers, in Canta Gallo, a district northward of Rio Janeiro; the dress of...distance of thirty yards, and they did not miss one; he next showed them a banana tree, about eight inches in circumference, at the distance of forty yards,...
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