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 646
... Cametá . This is a town of some importance pleasantly situated on the somewhat high terra firma of the left bank of the Tocantins . I will defer giving an account of the place till the end of this narrative of our Tocantins voyage . We ...
... Cametá . This is a town of some importance pleasantly situated on the somewhat high terra firma of the left bank of the Tocantins . I will defer giving an account of the place till the end of this narrative of our Tocantins voyage . We ...
Page 653
... Cametá , the principal town on the banks of the Tocan- tins , which I visited for the second time in June , 1849 ; Mr. Wallace , in the same month , departing from Pará to explore the rivers Guamá and Capim . I embarked as passen- ger ...
... Cametá , the principal town on the banks of the Tocan- tins , which I visited for the second time in June , 1849 ; Mr. Wallace , in the same month , departing from Pará to explore the rivers Guamá and Capim . I embarked as passen- ger ...
Page 654
... Cametá is traversed by several broad roads , which lead over undu- lating ground many miles into the interior . They pass generally under shade , and part of the way through groves of coffee and orange trees , fragrant plantations of ...
... Cametá is traversed by several broad roads , which lead over undu- lating ground many miles into the interior . They pass generally under shade , and part of the way through groves of coffee and orange trees , fragrant plantations of ...
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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