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 680
... contents . The boys of the village lie in wait and shoot them with bow and arrow ; and vultures have consequently acquired such a dread of these weapons that they may be often kept off by hanging a bow from the rafters of the kitchen ...
... contents . The boys of the village lie in wait and shoot them with bow and arrow ; and vultures have consequently acquired such a dread of these weapons that they may be often kept off by hanging a bow from the rafters of the kitchen ...
Page 750
... contents was being sent as a present by Senhor Chrysostomo , the Director of Indians of the Japurá , to one of the govern- ment officials at Rio Janeiro , in acknowledg- ment of having been made colonel of the new National Guard . They ...
... contents was being sent as a present by Senhor Chrysostomo , the Director of Indians of the Japurá , to one of the govern- ment officials at Rio Janeiro , in acknowledg- ment of having been made colonel of the new National Guard . They ...
Page 773
... CONTENTS . 644 OF THE HUMBOLDT LIBRARY OF SCIENCE CONTAINING THE BEST SCIENTIFIC. and I had often thought I should myself have been added to the list of examples . The de- sire , however , of seeing again my parents and caoying once more ...
... CONTENTS . 644 OF THE HUMBOLDT LIBRARY OF SCIENCE CONTAINING THE BEST SCIENTIFIC. and I had often thought I should myself have been added to the list of examples . The de- sire , however , of seeing again my parents and caoying once more ...
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Naturalist on the River Amazons, a Record of Adventures, Habits of Animals ... Henry Walter Bates No preview available - 2007 |
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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