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 711
... head . Senhor John contrived to get possession of the supposed worm after the trick was performed in our presence , and it turned out to be a long white air - root of some plant . The paje was with difficulty persuaded to operate while ...
... head . Senhor John contrived to get possession of the supposed worm after the trick was performed in our presence , and it turned out to be a long white air - root of some plant . The paje was with difficulty persuaded to operate while ...
Page 752
... head waters of the Rio Negro . on deck . He had evidently found the forests of the Rio Negro very different from those of the delta lands of the Japurá and Orol - faced Night Apes . - A third interesting preferred captivity to freedom ...
... head waters of the Rio Negro . on deck . He had evidently found the forests of the Rio Negro very different from those of the delta lands of the Japurá and Orol - faced Night Apes . - A third interesting preferred captivity to freedom ...
Page 770
... heads of their children , or a holiday got up simply out of a love of dissipation . Some of the tribe on these oc- casions deck themselves with the bright - col- ored feathers of parrots and macaws . The chief wears a head - dress or ...
... heads of their children , or a holiday got up simply out of a love of dissipation . Some of the tribe on these oc- casions deck themselves with the bright - col- ored feathers of parrots and macaws . The chief wears a head - dress or ...
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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