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 TravelJ. Fitzgerald, 1880 - 150 pages |
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Page 630
... Brazilian Empire , being about 1560 miles in length from east to west , and about 600 in breadth . Since that date- namely , in 1853 - it has been divided into two by the separation of the Upper Amazons as a distinct province . It ...
... Brazilian Empire , being about 1560 miles in length from east to west , and about 600 in breadth . Since that date- namely , in 1853 - it has been divided into two by the separation of the Upper Amazons as a distinct province . It ...
Page 641
... Brazilian navy , and along with it are borne the other symbols of the miracles which Our Lady is supposed to have per- formed . The procession starts soon after the sun's heat begins to moderate - that is , about half - past four o ...
... Brazilian navy , and along with it are borne the other symbols of the miracles which Our Lady is supposed to have per- formed . The procession starts soon after the sun's heat begins to moderate - that is , about half - past four o ...
Page 711
... Brazilian army , in acknowledgment of the assistance he gave to the legal authorities during the rebellion of 1835-6 . It would be a misnomer to call the Mundurucús of the Cu- parí and many parts of the Tapajos , savages ; their regular ...
... Brazilian army , in acknowledgment of the assistance he gave to the legal authorities during the rebellion of 1835-6 . It would be a misnomer to call the Mundurucús of the Cu- parí and many parts of the Tapajos , savages ; their regular ...
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Naturalist on the River Amazons, a Record of Adventures, Habits of Animals ... Henry Walter Bates No preview available - 2007 |
The Naturalist on the River Amazons: A Record of Adventures, Habits of ... Henry Walter Bates No preview available - 2014 |
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afterward alligators animal ants appearance ashore banks beautiful birds boat branches Brazilian broad cacao Cafuzo called Cametá campos canoe Cardozo Caripí channel clothed coast color creek distance dry season Ecitons eggs farinha feet fish flocks foliage Fonte Boa forest fruit ground habits hammocks head height inches Indians inhabitants insects interior islands Japurá kind lake land larvæ leaves length live lower main river mameluco mandioca miles monkeys montaria morning mouth Mundurucús natives nearly neighborhood neighboring night o'clock Obydos paddle palms Pará Pará river passed plants Portuguese ramble Rio Negro road rocinha sand sandy Santarem seemed seen Senhor shade shape shore side Solimoens species stream Tabatinga tail Tapajos tion Tocantins Toucans travelling trees tribes trunks Tupí turtles Upper Amazons vegetation vessel Villa Nova village voyage walk wild wind wings woods yards young