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 646
... crossing lines , which give is a re- semblance to a quilted cricket - ball . About midnight , the tide being favorable and the breeze strong , we crossed the river , taking it in a slanting direction , a distance of sixteen miles , and ...
... crossing lines , which give is a re- semblance to a quilted cricket - ball . About midnight , the tide being favorable and the breeze strong , we crossed the river , taking it in a slanting direction , a distance of sixteen miles , and ...
Page 670
... crossed the river three times between Monte Alegre and the next town , Santarem , In the middle the waves ran very ... crossing them at right angles , and contains about 2500 in habitants . It lies just within the mouth of the Tapajos ...
... crossed the river three times between Monte Alegre and the next town , Santarem , In the middle the waves ran very ... crossing them at right angles , and contains about 2500 in habitants . It lies just within the mouth of the Tapajos ...
Page 710
... crossed lines on his back and breast , and stripes down his arms and legs . It is singu- lar that the graceful ... crossing the interior of the country eastward of the Tapajos , and at- tacking the establishments of the whites in the ...
... crossed lines on his back and breast , and stripes down his arms and legs . It is singu- lar that the graceful ... crossing the interior of the country eastward of the Tapajos , and at- tacking the establishments of the whites in the ...
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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