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 647
... fruits of the forest . Among the latter the fruits of the palm - tree occupied the chief place . The Assai is the most in use , but this forms a universal article of diet in all parts of the country . The fruit , which is perfectly ...
... fruits of the forest . Among the latter the fruits of the palm - tree occupied the chief place . The Assai is the most in use , but this forms a universal article of diet in all parts of the country . The fruit , which is perfectly ...
Page 728
... Fruit of the ordinary tropical sorts could generally be had . I was quite surprised at the variety of the wild kinds , and of the de- licious flavor of some of them . Many of these are utterly unknown in the regions nearer the Atlantic ...
... Fruit of the ordinary tropical sorts could generally be had . I was quite surprised at the variety of the wild kinds , and of the de- licious flavor of some of them . Many of these are utterly unknown in the regions nearer the Atlantic ...
Page 756
... fruit - eaters . On the Amazons , where these birds are very common , no one pre- tends ever to have seen a Toucan walking on the ground in its natural state , much less acting the part of a swimming or wading bird . Professor Owen ...
... fruit - eaters . On the Amazons , where these birds are very common , no one pre- tends ever to have seen a Toucan walking on the ground in its natural state , much less acting the part of a swimming or wading bird . Professor Owen ...
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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