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 626
... afterward . found them by hundreds when certain trees were in flower . Vultures we only saw at a distance , sweeping round at a great height , over the public slaughter - houses . Several fly - catchers , finches , ant - thrushes , a ...
... afterward . found them by hundreds when certain trees were in flower . Vultures we only saw at a distance , sweeping round at a great height , over the public slaughter - houses . Several fly - catchers , finches , ant - thrushes , a ...
Page 720
... afterward found them rather com- mon ; the Brazilians use them for cleaning rust from their guns , and firmly believe them to be solidified river foam . A friend once brought me , when I lived at Santarem , a large piece which had been ...
... afterward found them rather com- mon ; the Brazilians use them for cleaning rust from their guns , and firmly believe them to be solidified river foam . A friend once brought me , when I lived at Santarem , a large piece which had been ...
Page 757
... afterward of rambling about the street near our house , and one day he was stolen , so we gave him up for lost . But two days afterward he stepped through the open doorway at dinner - hour , with his old gait and sly , magpie - like ...
... afterward of rambling about the street near our house , and one day he was stolen , so we gave him up for lost . But two days afterward he stepped through the open doorway at dinner - hour , with his old gait and sly , magpie - like ...
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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