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 667
... Island of Marajó , and is slightly elevated and rocky in some parts . A series of islands conceals the southern shore from view most part of the way . The whole country , mainland and islands , is cov- ered with forest . We had a good ...
... Island of Marajó , and is slightly elevated and rocky in some parts . A series of islands conceals the southern shore from view most part of the way . The whole country , mainland and islands , is cov- ered with forest . We had a good ...
Page 701
... islands , and free from shoals at this season of the year . The opposite coast appeared in the daytime as a long ... island and the mainland . About three o'clock we passed in front of Boim , a village on the op- posite ( western ) coast ...
... islands , and free from shoals at this season of the year . The opposite coast appeared in the daytime as a long ... island and the mainland . About three o'clock we passed in front of Boim , a village on the op- posite ( western ) coast ...
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... islands , and curves away to expand . Beyond the mouth of the Catuá , a the west and south , so that its full extent is channel leading to one of the great lakes so not visible from this side . To the left , on a numerous in the plains ...
... islands , and curves away to expand . Beyond the mouth of the Catuá , a the west and south , so that its full extent is channel leading to one of the great lakes so not visible from this side . To the left , on a numerous in the plains ...
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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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