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 625
... ground , the vegetation and animal tenants of the two being widely different . Our resi dence lay on the side of the city nearest the Guamá , on the borders of one of the low and swampy areas which here extends over a por- tion of the ...
... ground , the vegetation and animal tenants of the two being widely different . Our resi dence lay on the side of the city nearest the Guamá , on the borders of one of the low and swampy areas which here extends over a por- tion of the ...
Page 631
... ground was visible by the quiver- low swampy ground on each side , built upon , ing motion of the air above it . We saw or however , and containing several spacious heard no mammals or birds ; a few cattle rocinhas , which were ...
... ground was visible by the quiver- low swampy ground on each side , built upon , ing motion of the air above it . We saw or however , and containing several spacious heard no mammals or birds ; a few cattle rocinhas , which were ...
Page 632
... ground to a giddy height . It interested me much afterward to find that these climbing trees do not form any particular family . There is no distinct group of plants whose especial habit is to climb , but species of many and the most ...
... ground to a giddy height . It interested me much afterward to find that these climbing trees do not form any particular family . There is no distinct group of plants whose especial habit is to climb , but species of many and the most ...
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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