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 657
... channel which intersects the land of Carnapijó . At two P.M. we emerged from this channel , which is called the Aititûba , or Arrozal , into the broad Bahia , and then saw , two or three miles away to the left , the red - tiled mansion ...
... channel which intersects the land of Carnapijó . At two P.M. we emerged from this channel , which is called the Aititûba , or Arrozal , into the broad Bahia , and then saw , two or three miles away to the left , the red - tiled mansion ...
Page 668
... channel is about 35 miles , allowing for the numerous abrupt bends which occur between the middle and the northern end of its course . We were three days and a half accomplishing the pas- sage . The banks on each side seemed to be ...
... channel is about 35 miles , allowing for the numerous abrupt bends which occur between the middle and the northern end of its course . We were three days and a half accomplishing the pas- sage . The banks on each side seemed to be ...
Page 721
... channel , by - waters which lie conveniently for canoes which varies in breadth from 100 to 500 away from the main river , and often save a yards , we doubled a low wooded point , and considerable circuit round a promontory or emerged ...
... channel , by - waters which lie conveniently for canoes which varies in breadth from 100 to 500 away from the main river , and often save a yards , we doubled a low wooded point , and considerable circuit round a promontory or emerged ...
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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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