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 687
... close ex- amination they are seen to be minute two winged insects , with dark - colored body and pale legs and wings , the latter closed length- wise over the back . They alight impercep- tibly , and squatting close , fall at once to ...
... close ex- amination they are seen to be minute two winged insects , with dark - colored body and pale legs and wings , the latter closed length- wise over the back . They alight impercep- tibly , and squatting close , fall at once to ...
Page 732
... close beneath their crowns , were clothed with a thick mass of glossy shield - shaped Pothos plants , mingled with ferns . Arrived at this part , we were , in fact , in the heart of the virgin forest . We heard no noises of ani- mals in ...
... close beneath their crowns , were clothed with a thick mass of glossy shield - shaped Pothos plants , mingled with ferns . Arrived at this part , we were , in fact , in the heart of the virgin forest . We heard no noises of ani- mals in ...
Page 749
... close together on the sandy soil . We remained in this neighborhood four days , and succeeded in obtaining many hun- dred turtles , but we were obliged to sleep two nights within the Carapanatúba chan- nel . The first night passed ...
... close together on the sandy soil . We remained in this neighborhood four days , and succeeded in obtaining many hun- dred turtles , but we were obliged to sleep two nights within the Carapanatúba chan- nel . The first night passed ...
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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