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 644
... looks like a wandering petal of a flower . Bees and wasps are not especially numer- ous near Pará , and I will reserve ... look for the Geodephaga , or car- nivorous beetles , under stones , or anywhere , indeed , in open , sunny places ...
... looks like a wandering petal of a flower . Bees and wasps are not especially numer- ous near Pará , and I will reserve ... look for the Geodephaga , or car- nivorous beetles , under stones , or anywhere , indeed , in open , sunny places ...
Page 660
... looks very much like a bird's tail . But , of course , all these points of resemblance are merely superficial . The negroes and Indians tried to convince me that the two were of the same species . Look at their feathers , " they said ...
... looks very much like a bird's tail . But , of course , all these points of resemblance are merely superficial . The negroes and Indians tried to convince me that the two were of the same species . Look at their feathers , " they said ...
Page 726
... look upon a religious holiday as an amusement , in which the priest takes the part of director or chief actor . Almost every unusual event , independent of saints ' days , is made the occasion of a holiday by the sociable , easy - going ...
... look upon a religious holiday as an amusement , in which the priest takes the part of director or chief actor . Almost every unusual event , independent of saints ' days , is made the occasion of a holiday by the sociable , easy - going ...
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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