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 628
... farinha baskets ; the article at that time being scarce and dear . At I and my precious baskets . Most of those passing outward were laden each with a grain of farinha , which was , in some cases , larger and many times heavier than the ...
... farinha baskets ; the article at that time being scarce and dear . At I and my precious baskets . Most of those passing outward were laden each with a grain of farinha , which was , in some cases , larger and many times heavier than the ...
Page 647
... farinha , and the fruits of the forest . Among the latter the fruits of the palm - tree occupied the chief place . The Assai is the most in use , but this forms a universal article of diet in all parts of the country . The fruit , which ...
... farinha , and the fruits of the forest . Among the latter the fruits of the palm - tree occupied the chief place . The Assai is the most in use , but this forms a universal article of diet in all parts of the country . The fruit , which ...
Page 685
... farinha by the women . The men dawdled about : went shooting and fishing , or did trifling jobs about the house . The only laborious work done during the year in these establishments is the felling of timber for new clearings ; this ...
... farinha by the women . The men dawdled about : went shooting and fishing , or did trifling jobs about the house . The only laborious work done during the year in these establishments is the felling of timber for new clearings ; this ...
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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 larv¿ 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