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 631
... foliage than those growing in moist grounds . The forest was second growth , low , consisting of trees which had the general aspect of laurels and other evergreens in our gardens at home : the leaves glossy and dark green . Some of them ...
... foliage than those growing in moist grounds . The forest was second growth , low , consisting of trees which had the general aspect of laurels and other evergreens in our gardens at home : the leaves glossy and dark green . Some of them ...
Page 668
... foliage possible . Creeping convolvuli and others have made use of the slender lianas and hang- ing air - roots as ladders to climb by . Now and then appears a Mimosa or other tree hav- ing similar fine pinnate foliage , and thick ...
... foliage possible . Creeping convolvuli and others have made use of the slender lianas and hang- ing air - roots as ladders to climb by . Now and then appears a Mimosa or other tree hav- ing similar fine pinnate foliage , and thick ...
Page 688
... foliage during these annual inundations . The great contrast in form and color between the for- ests of the Rio Negro and those of the Ama- zous arises from the predominance in each of different families of plants . On the main river ...
... foliage during these annual inundations . The great contrast in form and color between the for- ests of the Rio Negro and those of the Ama- zous arises from the predominance in each of different families of plants . On the main river ...
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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