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 632
... 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 diverse families ...
... 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 diverse families ...
Page 635
... height . It is closely allied to the Brazil - nut tree ( Berthol- letia excelsa ) , whose seeds are also inclosed in large woody vessels ; but these have no lid , and fall entire to the ground . This is the reason why the one kind of ...
... height . It is closely allied to the Brazil - nut tree ( Berthol- letia excelsa ) , whose seeds are also inclosed in large woody vessels ; but these have no lid , and fall entire to the ground . This is the reason why the one kind of ...
Page 661
... height of sixty feet or more , and waved their bunches of nodding plumes between us and the sky . One kind of palm , the Pashiúba ( Iriartea exorhiza ) , which grows here i greater abundance than elsewhere , was espe cially attractive ...
... height of sixty feet or more , and waved their bunches of nodding plumes between us and the sky . One kind of palm , the Pashiúba ( Iriartea exorhiza ) , which grows here i greater abundance than elsewhere , was espe cially attractive ...
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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