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 716
... lower course of the river . Portuguese trader of Ega , named Daniel The trade wind , or sea breeze , which Cardozo , was then at Barra , attending the assizes as juryman , a public duty performed without remuneration , which took him ...
... lower course of the river . Portuguese trader of Ega , named Daniel The trade wind , or sea breeze , which Cardozo , was then at Barra , attending the assizes as juryman , a public duty performed without remuneration , which took him ...
Page 729
... Lower Ama- zons , and in the neighborhood of Pará , is its highest , the water being then about very striking . At Ega it is generally as large forty - five feet above its lowest point ; but it . as full - sized peach , and when boiled ...
... Lower Ama- zons , and in the neighborhood of Pará , is its highest , the water being then about very striking . At Ega it is generally as large forty - five feet above its lowest point ; but it . as full - sized peach , and when boiled ...
Page 746
... lower trees , their lower branches , in some cases , being hidden from our view . Another very large and remarkable tree was the Assacú ( Šapium aucuharium ) . A traveller on the Amazons , mingling with the people , is sure to hear much ...
... lower trees , their lower branches , in some cases , being hidden from our view . Another very large and remarkable tree was the Assacú ( Šapium aucuharium ) . A traveller on the Amazons , mingling with the people , is sure to hear much ...
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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