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 623
... distance of six miles from the shore , the shallowness of the water far out around the month of the great river not per- mitting in safety a nearer approach ; and the signal was hoisted for a pilot . It was with deep interest that my ...
... distance of six miles from the shore , the shallowness of the water far out around the month of the great river not per- mitting in safety a nearer approach ; and the signal was hoisted for a pilot . It was with deep interest that my ...
Page 720
... distance of 240 miles ; and these , as before observed , do not live on the banks of the main stream , but on the shores of inlets and lakes . The fishermen twice brought me small Bounded pieces of very perous pumice - stone , which ...
... distance of 240 miles ; and these , as before observed , do not live on the banks of the main stream , but on the shores of inlets and lakes . The fishermen twice brought me small Bounded pieces of very perous pumice - stone , which ...
Page 732
... distance on each side of the water - path through the irregular colonnade of trees : other paths & so , in this part , branch off right and left from the principal road , leading to the scattered houses of Indians on the mainland . The ...
... distance on each side of the water - path through the irregular colonnade of trees : other paths & so , in this part , branch off right and left from the principal road , leading to the scattered houses of Indians on the mainland . The ...
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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