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
... forest . The owner was an old Portuguese gentleman named Danin , who lived at his tile manufactory at the mouth of the Una , a small river lying two miles below Pará . We resolved to walk to his place through the forest , a distance of ...
... forest . The owner was an old Portuguese gentleman named Danin , who lived at his tile manufactory at the mouth of the Una , a small river lying two miles below Pará . We resolved to walk to his place through the forest , a distance of ...
Page 636
... forest . I afterward saw reason to modify my opinion , founded on these first impressions , with regard to the amount and variety of an- imal life in this and other parts of the Ama- zonian forests . There is , in fact , a great va ...
... forest . I afterward saw reason to modify my opinion , founded on these first impressions , with regard to the amount and variety of an- imal life in this and other parts of the Ama- zonian forests . There is , in fact , a great va ...
Page 688
... forest . The stem is smooth , and about two inches in diameter ; its height is not more than twelve to fifteen feet ; it does not , there- fore , rise among the masses of foliage of the exogenous trees , so as to form a feature in the ...
... forest . The stem is smooth , and about two inches in diameter ; its height is not more than twelve to fifteen feet ; it does not , there- fore , rise among the masses of foliage of the exogenous trees , so as to form a feature in the ...
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Naturalist on the River Amazons, a Record of Adventures, Habits of Animals ... Henry Walter Bates No preview available - 2007 |
The Naturalist on the River Amazons: A Record of Adventures, Habits of ... Henry Walter Bates No preview available - 2014 |
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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