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 652
... cacao , the tree which yields the chocolate nut . The forest is not cleared for the purpose , but the cacao plants are stuck in here and there almost at random among the trees . There are many houses on the banks of the river , all ...
... cacao , the tree which yields the chocolate nut . The forest is not cleared for the purpose , but the cacao plants are stuck in here and there almost at random among the trees . There are many houses on the banks of the river , all ...
Page 674
... Cacao Planters - Daily Life on Board our Ves sel - Great Storm - Sand Island and its Birds - Hill of Parentins - Negro Trader and Mauhés Indians → Villa Nova , its Inhabitants , Forest , and Animal Productions - Cararaucú - A Rustic ...
... Cacao Planters - Daily Life on Board our Ves sel - Great Storm - Sand Island and its Birds - Hill of Parentins - Negro Trader and Mauhés Indians → Villa Nova , its Inhabitants , Forest , and Animal Productions - Cararaucú - A Rustic ...
Page 696
... cacao ; this is shaped something like the cucumber , and has a green ribbed husk . It bears the name of Cacao de macaco , or monkey's chocolate , but the seeds are smaller than those of the common cacao . I tried once or twice to make ...
... cacao ; this is shaped something like the cucumber , and has a green ribbed husk . It bears the name of Cacao de macaco , or monkey's chocolate , but the seeds are smaller than those of the common cacao . I tried once or twice to make ...
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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