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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... land , and is kept free from the jungle only by the constant care of the Government . The surface , though everywhere low , is slightly undulating , so that areas of dry land alternate throughout with areas of swampy ground , the ...
... land , and is kept free from the jungle only by the constant care of the Government . The surface , though everywhere low , is slightly undulating , so that areas of dry land alternate throughout with areas of swampy ground , the ...
Page 691
... land , wooded only in patches , or with single scattered = trees . A good deal of the country on the borders of the Tapajos , which flows from the great campo area of Interior Brazil , is of this description . It is on this account that ...
... land , wooded only in patches , or with single scattered = trees . A good deal of the country on the borders of the Tapajos , which flows from the great campo area of Interior Brazil , is of this description . It is on this account that ...
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... land , and brought to under a steeply - in- hold the jaguar , the black jaguar ! ) Looking lined bank of crumbly earth , shaped into a ahead , we saw the animal quietly drinking succession of steps or terraces , marking the at the ...
... land , and brought to under a steeply - in- hold the jaguar , the black jaguar ! ) Looking lined bank of crumbly earth , shaped into a ahead , we saw the animal quietly drinking succession of steps or terraces , marking the at the ...
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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