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 656
... covered canoe . The cuberta is very much used on these rivers . It is not decked , but the sides forward are raised , and arched over , so as to admit of cargo being piled high above the water - line . At the stern is a neat square ...
... covered canoe . The cuberta is very much used on these rivers . It is not decked , but the sides forward are raised , and arched over , so as to admit of cargo being piled high above the water - line . At the stern is a neat square ...
Page 692
... covered with trees which form a beautiful grove . About the month of April , when the water rises to this level , the trees are covered with blossom and a handsome orchid , an Epidendron , with large white flowers , which clothes ...
... covered with trees which form a beautiful grove . About the month of April , when the water rises to this level , the trees are covered with blossom and a handsome orchid , an Epidendron , with large white flowers , which clothes ...
Page 762
... covered way with granules of earth , arched over , and holding together mechanically ; under this the pro- cession passes in secret , the indefatigable creatures repairing their arcade as fast as breaches are made in it . November 7th ...
... covered way with granules of earth , arched over , and holding together mechanically ; under this the pro- cession passes in secret , the indefatigable creatures repairing their arcade as fast as breaches are made in it . November 7th ...
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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