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 633
... clear skies . The moon lit nights are then especially beautiful ; the atmosphere is transparently clear , and the light sea breeze produces an agreeable cool- ness . We now settled ourselves for a few months ' regular work . We had the ...
... clear skies . The moon lit nights are then especially beautiful ; the atmosphere is transparently clear , and the light sea breeze produces an agreeable cool- ness . We now settled ourselves for a few months ' regular work . We had the ...
Page 700
... clear waters and rocky bays of the neighborhood is no doubt partly the cause of the poverty and perennial hunger which reign here . When we arrived in the port our canoe was crowded with the half - naked villagers - men , women , and ...
... clear waters and rocky bays of the neighborhood is no doubt partly the cause of the poverty and perennial hunger which reign here . When we arrived in the port our canoe was crowded with the half - naked villagers - men , women , and ...
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... clear of islands , and curves away to expand . Beyond the mouth of the Catuá , a the west and south , so that its full extent is channel leading to one of the great lakes so not visible from this side . To the left , on a numerous in ...
... clear of islands , and curves away to expand . Beyond the mouth of the Catuá , a the west and south , so that its full extent is channel leading to one of the great lakes so not visible from this side . To the left , on a numerous in ...
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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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