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 671
... Tabatinga lies a bed of sand , in some places largest of the Amazonian monkeys in stature , several feet thick , and the whole formation but is excelled in bulk by the " * Barrigudo " rests on strata of sandstone , which are ex ...
... Tabatinga lies a bed of sand , in some places largest of the Amazonian monkeys in stature , several feet thick , and the whole formation but is excelled in bulk by the " * Barrigudo " rests on strata of sandstone , which are ex ...
Page 691
... Tabatinga clay in other parts of the river valley . The surface is carpeted with sleuder hairy grasses , unfit for pasture , growing to a uniform height of about a foot . The patches of wood look like copses in the middle of green ...
... Tabatinga clay in other parts of the river valley . The surface is carpeted with sleuder hairy grasses , unfit for pasture , growing to a uniform height of about a foot . The patches of wood look like copses in the middle of green ...
Page 762
... Tabatinga , for an excursion to Tunantins , a small semi - In- dian settlement , lying 240 miles beyond Ega . The Tabatinga is an iron boat of about 170 tons burden , built at Rio de Janeiro , and fitted with engines of fifty - horse ...
... Tabatinga , for an excursion to Tunantins , a small semi - In- dian settlement , lying 240 miles beyond Ega . The Tabatinga is an iron boat of about 170 tons burden , built at Rio de Janeiro , and fitted with engines of fifty - horse ...
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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