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 632
... branches ; others , again , were of zigzag shape , or indented like the steps of a stair- case , sweeping from the ground to a giddy height . It interested me much afterward to find that these climbing trees do not form any particular ...
... branches ; others , again , were of zigzag shape , or indented like the steps of a stair- case , sweeping from the ground to a giddy height . It interested me much afterward to find that these climbing trees do not form any particular ...
Page 677
... branches . As they similar in shape to those of the horse - chest- sported about , each emitted a few short tune- nut , but immensely larger ; beneath they ful notes , which altogether produced a ring- are white , and when the welcome ...
... branches . As they similar in shape to those of the horse - chest- sported about , each emitted a few short tune- nut , but immensely larger ; beneath they ful notes , which altogether produced a ring- are white , and when the welcome ...
Page 697
... branches , setting the twisted and looped sipós in mo- tion , which creaked and groaned in a great variety of notes . To these noises was added the monotonous ripple of the brook , which had its little cascade at every score or two ...
... branches , setting the twisted and looped sipós in mo- tion , which creaked and groaned in a great variety of notes . To these noises was added the monotonous ripple of the brook , which had its little cascade at every score or two ...
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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