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 634
... become almost insupportable . Languor and uneasiness would seize on every one ; even the denizens of the forest ... becoming obscured . Then the rush of a mighty wind is heard through the forest , swaying the tree- tops ; a vivid flash ...
... become almost insupportable . Languor and uneasiness would seize on every one ; even the denizens of the forest ... becoming obscured . Then the rush of a mighty wind is heard through the forest , swaying the tree- tops ; a vivid flash ...
Page 672
... become attached to their mas- ters , and will sometimes follow them on the ground to considerable distances . I once sa v a most ridiculously tame Coaitá . It was an old female , which accompanied its owner , a trader on the river , in ...
... become attached to their mas- ters , and will sometimes follow them on the ground to considerable distances . I once sa v a most ridiculously tame Coaitá . It was an old female , which accompanied its owner , a trader on the river , in ...
Page 729
... become reduced to a diet of fruits and farinha porridge . • " " The seasons in the Upper Amazons region offer some points of difference from those of the lower river and the district of Pará , which two sections of the country we have ...
... become reduced to a diet of fruits and farinha porridge . • " " The seasons in the Upper Amazons region offer some points of difference from those of the lower river and the district of Pará , which two sections of the country we have ...
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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