The Naturalist on the River Amazons: A Record of Adventures, Habits of Animals, Sketches of Brazilian and Indian Life, and Aspects of Nature Under the Equator, During Eleven Years of Travel, 2. köideMurray, 1863 - 423 pages |
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alligators amongst animal ants appearance ashore Aveyros banks birds body branch Brazilian broad cacao Cafuzo called campos canoe Cardozo Catuá civilised clothed colour Cuparí distance dry season Ecitons eggs farinha feet fish Fonte Boa forest forms fruit genus habits half-caste hammocks head height inches Indians inhabitants insects interior Jabutí Jaguar Japurá jaws José kind lake land larvæ length live main river mameluco mandioca miles monkeys montaria months morning mouth Mundurucús narrow natives nearly neighbourhood neighbouring night o'clock palm Pará passed Passés pools Portuguese praia ramble Rio Negro round sand sand-bank sandy Santarem seemed seen Senhor settlement shape Shimuní shore side Solimoens species specimens stream surface Tabatinga Tapajos Teffé Termites thickets tion Toucans traders trees tribes Tupí turtles Tushaúa Uakarí Upper Amazons vessel village whilst wild wind women woods young