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 635
... growing in its native wilds . form height to which they grow without It is one of the largest of the forest mon- emitting a branch was a much more notice- archs , and is peculiar in appearance on ac- able feature than their thickness ...
... growing in its native wilds . form height to which they grow without It is one of the largest of the forest mon- emitting a branch was a much more notice- archs , and is peculiar in appearance on ac- able feature than their thickness ...
Page 675
... grown in rows . The smaller cultivators are all very poor . Labor is scarce ; one family generally man- ages its own ... grow Indian corn , and rear cattle and hogs , as intelligent settlers from Europe would certainly do , instead of ...
... grown in rows . The smaller cultivators are all very poor . Labor is scarce ; one family generally man- ages its own ... grow Indian corn , and rear cattle and hogs , as intelligent settlers from Europe would certainly do , instead of ...
Page 677
... growing on a shoal . The only when attracted by passing insects . island was wooded chiefly with the trumpet- This flock of Tamburí - pará were the reverse tree ( Cecropia peltata ) , which has a hollow of dull ; they were gamboling and ...
... growing on a shoal . The only when attracted by passing insects . island was wooded chiefly with the trumpet- This flock of Tamburí - pará were the reverse tree ( Cecropia peltata ) , which has a hollow of dull ; they were gamboling and ...
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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