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 659
... four species altogether . One was the Myrmeco- phaga tetradactyla ; the two others , more curious and less known , were very small kinds , called Tamanduá - i . Both are similar in size - ten inches in length , exclusive of the tail ...
... four species altogether . One was the Myrmeco- phaga tetradactyla ; the two others , more curious and less known , were very small kinds , called Tamanduá - i . Both are similar in size - ten inches in length , exclusive of the tail ...
Page 670
... four to 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 ...
... four to 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 ...
Page 692
... four years previous to my day lounging in their open - meshed grass stay in this part . The grass on the campos hammocks . About two miles on the road is renewed , and many of the campo trees , we come to a series of shallow pools ...
... four years previous to my day lounging in their open - meshed grass stay in this part . The grass on the campos hammocks . About two miles on the road is renewed , and many of the campo trees , we come to a series of shallow pools ...
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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