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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... falls can be approached in small canoes by thread- ing the less dangerous channels . The main fall is about a quarter of a mile wide ; we climbed to an elevation overlooking it , and had a good view of the cataract . A body of water ...
... falls can be approached in small canoes by thread- ing the less dangerous channels . The main fall is about a quarter of a mile wide ; we climbed to an elevation overlooking it , and had a good view of the cataract . A body of water ...
Page 729
... falls of the river , with which coincide the wet and dry periods . All the principal transactions of life of the inhabitants are regulated by these yearly recurring phenomena . The pe- culiarity of this upper region consists in there ...
... falls of the river , with which coincide the wet and dry periods . All the principal transactions of life of the inhabitants are regulated by these yearly recurring phenomena . The pe- culiarity of this upper region consists in there ...
Page 760
... falls in with a train of these ants , the first signal given him is a twittering and restless movement of small ... fall into trouble , and find himself suddenly attacked by numbers of the ferocious little creatures . They swarm up his ...
... falls in with a train of these ants , the first signal given him is a twittering and restless movement of small ... fall into trouble , and find himself suddenly attacked by numbers of the ferocious little creatures . They swarm up his ...
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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