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 647
... Senhor Gomez , to whom we had brought letters of introduction from Senhor Joao Augusto Correia , a Brazilian gentleman of high standing at Pará , tried what he could do to induce the canoe - men of his neighbor- hood to engage with us ...
... Senhor Gomez , to whom we had brought letters of introduction from Senhor Joao Augusto Correia , a Brazilian gentleman of high standing at Pará , tried what he could do to induce the canoe - men of his neighbor- hood to engage with us ...
Page 656
... Senhor Jacinto Machado , whom I had not seen before , received me aboard , and apolo- gized for having started without me . was a white man , a planter , and was now taking his year's produce of cacao , about twenty tons , to Pará . The ...
... Senhor Jacinto Machado , whom I had not seen before , received me aboard , and apolo- gized for having started without me . was a white man , a planter , and was now taking his year's produce of cacao , about twenty tons , to Pará . The ...
Page 706
... Senhor Antonio Malagueita , a mameluco settler whom we had been recom- mended to visit . His house and outbuildings were extensive , the grounds well weeded , and the whole wore an air of comfort and well - being which is very uncommon ...
... Senhor Antonio Malagueita , a mameluco settler whom we had been recom- mended to visit . His house and outbuildings were extensive , the grounds well weeded , and the whole wore an air of comfort and well - being which is very uncommon ...
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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