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 691
... inhabitants of Santarem know nothing of the interior , and seem to feel little curiosity concerning it . A few tracks from the town across the campo lead to some small clearings four or five miles off , belonging to the poorer inhabitants ...
... inhabitants of Santarem know nothing of the interior , and seem to feel little curiosity concerning it . A few tracks from the town across the campo lead to some small clearings four or five miles off , belonging to the poorer inhabitants ...
Page 716
... inhabitants - Daily life of a nat- uralist at Ega - The four seasons of the Upper Amazons . I will re- I MUST now take the reader from the pic- turesque , hilly country of the Tapajos , and its dark , streamless waters , to the ...
... inhabitants - Daily life of a nat- uralist at Ega - The four seasons of the Upper Amazons . I will re- I MUST now take the reader from the pic- turesque , hilly country of the Tapajos , and its dark , streamless waters , to the ...
Page 766
... inhabitants on account of the mud , the only means of getting to it being by hugging closely the walls and palings , and so advanc . ing sideways step by step . I remained in this delectable place until the 25th of January , 1857. Fonte ...
... inhabitants on account of the mud , the only means of getting to it being by hugging closely the walls and palings , and so advanc . ing sideways step by step . I remained in this delectable place until the 25th of January , 1857. Fonte ...
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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