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 690
... Santarem , free people being too proud to hire themselves , and slaves too few and valuable to their masters , to be let out to others . These matters arranged , the house put in order , and a rude table , with a few chairs , bought or ...
... Santarem , free people being too proud to hire themselves , and slaves too few and valuable to their masters , to be let out to others . These matters arranged , the house put in order , and a rude table , with a few chairs , bought or ...
Page 691
... Santarem , which terminates the prospect to the south , is of the same truncated pyramidal form as the range of hills near Almeyrim . Complete solitude reigns over the whole of this stretch of beautiful country . The inhabitants of Santarem ...
... Santarem , which terminates the prospect to the south , is of the same truncated pyramidal form as the range of hills near Almeyrim . Complete solitude reigns over the whole of this stretch of beautiful country . The inhabitants of Santarem ...
Page 696
... Santarem . The Brazilian settlers on the banks of the Amazons seem to have no taste for explorations by land , and I could find no person willing to accompany me on an excursion further toward the interior . Such a journey would be ...
... Santarem . The Brazilian settlers on the banks of the Amazons seem to have no taste for explorations by land , and I could find no person willing to accompany me on an excursion further toward the interior . Such a journey would be ...
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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 larv¿ 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