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 670
... five miles broad , and in some places long , low , wooded islands intervene in mid- stream , whose light green vivid verdure formed a strangely beautiful foreground to the glorious landsc pe of broad stream and gray mountain . Ninety ...
... five miles broad , and in some places long , low , wooded islands intervene in mid- stream , whose light green vivid verdure formed a strangely beautiful foreground to the glorious landsc pe of broad stream and gray mountain . Ninety ...
Page 715
... five miles down the river to Point Jaguararí , where the man lived whom he intended to send with me . I was glad to find my new hand a steady , middle - aged and married In- diau ; his name was of very good promise , Angelo Custodio ...
... five miles down the river to Point Jaguararí , where the man lived whom he intended to send with me . I was glad to find my new hand a steady , middle - aged and married In- diau ; his name was of very good promise , Angelo Custodio ...
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... five feet of its lowest point in September . This is called the summer of the Umarí , " Verao do Umarí , " after the fruit of this name already described , which ripens at this season . When the fall is great , this is the best time to ...
... five feet of its lowest point in September . This is called the summer of the Umarí , " Verao do Umarí , " after the fruit of this name already described , which ripens at this season . When the fall is great , this is the best time to ...
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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