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 641
... carried after the saint on the shoulders of officers or men of the Brazilian navy , and along with it are borne the other symbols of the miracles which Our Lady is supposed to have per- formed . The procession starts soon after the ...
... carried after the saint on the shoulders of officers or men of the Brazilian navy , and along with it are borne the other symbols of the miracles which Our Lady is supposed to have per- formed . The procession starts soon after the ...
Page 711
... carry , their arrows and javelins . They had the dia- bolical custom , in former days , of cutting off the heads of ... carried on between the Mundurucús and the Aráras . I was told by a Frenchman at Santarem , who had visited that part ...
... carry , their arrows and javelins . They had the dia- bolical custom , in former days , of cutting off the heads of ... carried on between the Mundurucús and the Aráras . I was told by a Frenchman at Santarem , who had visited that part ...
Page 761
... carried in their jaws a little cluster of white mag- gots , which I thought at the time might be young larvæ of their own colony , but after- ward found reason to conclude were the grubs of some other species whose nests they had been ...
... carried in their jaws a little cluster of white mag- gots , which I thought at the time might be young larvæ of their own colony , but after- ward found reason to conclude were the grubs of some other species whose nests they had been ...
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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