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 685
... fish is scarce , season Tu- cupí with Saüba ants . It is there used chiefly as a sauce to Tacacá , another preparation from mandioca , consisting of the starch beaten up in boiling water . I thoroughly enjoyed the nine days we spent at ...
... fish is scarce , season Tu- cupí with Saüba ants . It is there used chiefly as a sauce to Tacacá , another preparation from mandioca , consisting of the starch beaten up in boiling water . I thoroughly enjoyed the nine days we spent at ...
Page 700
... fish , and the boys and women go out at night to spear them by torchlight , the torches being made of thin strips of green bark from the leaf - stalks of palms , tied in bundles . Many excellent kinds of fish are thus obtained , among ...
... fish , and the boys and women go out at night to spear them by torchlight , the torches being made of thin strips of green bark from the leaf - stalks of palms , tied in bundles . Many excellent kinds of fish are thus obtained , among ...
Page 729
... fish is difficult to more nutriment in Pupurha than in fish or procure , and many of the less provident in Vacca marina . habitants have become reduced to a diet of fruits and farinha porridge . • " " The seasons in the Upper Amazons ...
... fish is difficult to more nutriment in Pupurha than in fish or procure , and many of the less provident in Vacca marina . habitants have become reduced to a diet of fruits and farinha porridge . • " " The seasons in the Upper Amazons ...
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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