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 681
... mandioca . fowls , and bananas , wares which the owners The family had cleared and cultivated a wished to exchange for different articles re- large piece of ground ; the soil was of ex- quired for the festa . Soon after I went ...
... mandioca . fowls , and bananas , wares which the owners The family had cleared and cultivated a wished to exchange for different articles re- large piece of ground ; the soil was of ex- quired for the festa . Soon after I went ...
Page 684
... mandioca , and indeed negro , one or two Indians , and a family of have no settled habitations . They are very Muras . Both he and his wife were mame . similar in stature and other physical features lucos ; the negro children called ...
... mandioca , and indeed negro , one or two Indians , and a family of have no settled habitations . They are very Muras . Both he and his wife were mame . similar in stature and other physical features lucos ; the negro children called ...
Page 728
... Mandioca meal is a poor , weak substitute for bread ; it is defi- cient in gluten , and consequently cannot be formed into a leavened mass or loaf , but is obliged to be roasted in hard grains in order to keep any length of time . Cakes ...
... Mandioca meal is a poor , weak substitute for bread ; it is defi- cient in gluten , and consequently cannot be formed into a leavened mass or loaf , but is obliged to be roasted in hard grains in order to keep any length of time . Cakes ...
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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