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 688
... Rio Negro and those of the Ama- zous arises from the predominance in each of different families of plants . On the main river palms of twenty or thirty different species form a great proportion of the mass of trees , while on the Rio ...
... Rio Negro and those of the Ama- zous arises from the predominance in each of different families of plants . On the main river palms of twenty or thirty different species form a great proportion of the mass of trees , while on the Rio ...
Page 716
... river , which was interrupted at the Barra of the Rio Negro in the seventh chapter , to make way for the description of Santarem and its neighborhood . all day was incumbered every step of the ered in the currents which set around pro ...
... river , which was interrupted at the Barra of the Rio Negro in the seventh chapter , to make way for the description of Santarem and its neighborhood . all day was incumbered every step of the ered in the currents which set around pro ...
Page 717
... river . It is navigable at all Seasons by large steamers , for upward of 1400 miles from the mouth of the Rio Negro . On the 28th we passed the mouth of Arianü , a narrow inlet which communicates with the Rio Negro , emerging in front ...
... river . It is navigable at all Seasons by large steamers , for upward of 1400 miles from the mouth of the Rio Negro . On the 28th we passed the mouth of Arianü , a narrow inlet which communicates with the Rio Negro , emerging in front ...
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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