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 627
... going on , are the gallerics opened . The en- trances are small and numerous ; in the large hillocks it would require a great amount of excavation to get at the main galleries ; but I succeeded in removing portions of the dome in ...
... going on , are the gallerics opened . The en- trances are small and numerous ; in the large hillocks it would require a great amount of excavation to get at the main galleries ; but I succeeded in removing portions of the dome in ...
Page 640
... going on in often travelled in the company of these shin- ing examples of European enlightenment . They generally carry with them , wherever they go , a small image of some favorite saint in their trunks ; and when a squall or any other ...
... going on in often travelled in the company of these shin- ing examples of European enlightenment . They generally carry with them , wherever they go , a small image of some favorite saint in their trunks ; and when a squall or any other ...
Page 657
... going past the place , and started on the 7th of December , 1848 . We were 13 persons aboard : the cabo , his pretty mulatto mistress , the pilot , and five Indian canoemen , three young mamelucos ( tailor's apprentices who were taking ...
... going past the place , and started on the 7th of December , 1848 . We were 13 persons aboard : the cabo , his pretty mulatto mistress , the pilot , and five Indian canoemen , three young mamelucos ( tailor's apprentices who were taking ...
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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