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 650
... arrived at a point where it was not possible to advance further in our large canoe , on account of the rapids . September 16th . - Embarked at six A.M. in a large montaria which had been lent to us for this part of the voyage by Senhor ...
... arrived at a point where it was not possible to advance further in our large canoe , on account of the rapids . September 16th . - Embarked at six A.M. in a large montaria which had been lent to us for this part of the voyage by Senhor ...
Page 689
... arrived some few days before the disease broke out . The Gov- ernment took all the sanitary precautions that could be thought of ; among the rest was the singular one of firing cannon at the street corners , to purify the air . Mr ...
... arrived some few days before the disease broke out . The Gov- ernment took all the sanitary precautions that could be thought of ; among the rest was the singular one of firing cannon at the street corners , to purify the air . Mr ...
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... Arrived at this part , we were , in fact , in the heart of the virgin forest . We heard no noises of ani- mals in the trees , and saw only one bird , the sky - blue chatterer , sitting alone on a high branch . For some distance the ...
... Arrived at this part , we were , in fact , in the heart of the virgin forest . We heard no noises of ani- mals in the trees , and saw only one bird , the sky - blue chatterer , sitting alone on a high branch . For some distance the ...
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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