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 720
... brought me small Bounded pieces of very perous pumice - stone , which they had picked up floating on the surface of the main current of the river . They were to ine objects of great curiosity , as being messengers from the distant volca ...
... brought me small Bounded pieces of very perous pumice - stone , which they had picked up floating on the surface of the main current of the river . They were to ine objects of great curiosity , as being messengers from the distant volca ...
Page 728
... brought to a painful state of bodily and mental depression by a month's scanty rations of fish and farinha . We sometimes had fresh bread at Ega , made from American flour brought from Pará , but it was sold at ninepence a pound . I was ...
... brought to a painful state of bodily and mental depression by a month's scanty rations of fish and farinha . We sometimes had fresh bread at Ega , made from American flour brought from Pará , but it was sold at ninepence a pound . I was ...
Page 739
... brought again near the surface , when he strikes it with a second arrow . With the increased hold given by the two cords he has then no difficulty in landing his game . By mid - day the men had shot about a score of nearly full - grown ...
... brought again near the surface , when he strikes it with a second arrow . With the increased hold given by the two cords he has then no difficulty in landing his game . By mid - day the men had shot about a score of nearly full - grown ...
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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