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 645
... broad channel lying between the mainland and a line of islands which extend some distance beyond the city . Into it three large rivers discharge their waters , namely , the Guamá , the Acará , and the Mojú ; so that it forms a kind of ...
... broad channel lying between the mainland and a line of islands which extend some distance beyond the city . Into it three large rivers discharge their waters , namely , the Guamá , the Acará , and the Mojú ; so that it forms a kind of ...
Page 670
... broad , and in some places long , low , wooded islands intervene in mid- stream , whose light green vivid verdure formed a strangely beautiful foreground to the glorious landsc pe of broad stream and gray mountain . Ninety miles beyond ...
... broad , and in some places long , low , wooded islands intervene in mid- stream , whose light green vivid verdure formed a strangely beautiful foreground to the glorious landsc pe of broad stream and gray mountain . Ninety miles beyond ...
Page 721
... broad tributary with the Teffé , lay the greatly increased in breadth . We travelled little settlement : a cluster of a hundred or for three days along a broad reach , which so of palm - thatched cottages and white- both up and down ...
... broad tributary with the Teffé , lay the greatly increased in breadth . We travelled little settlement : a cluster of a hundred or for three days along a broad reach , which so of palm - thatched cottages and white- both up and down ...
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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 larv¿ 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