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 670
... middle the waves ran very high , and the vessel lurched fearfully , hurling every- thing that was not well secured from one side of the deck to the other . On the morning of the 9th of October , a gentle wind carried us along a remanso ...
... middle the waves ran very high , and the vessel lurched fearfully , hurling every- thing that was not well secured from one side of the deck to the other . On the morning of the 9th of October , a gentle wind carried us along a remanso ...
Page 729
... middle of June , during which the rivers and lakes , confined during the dry periods to their ordinary beds , gradually swell , and overflow all the lower lands . The inunda- tion progresses gently , inch by inch , and is felt ...
... middle of June , during which the rivers and lakes , confined during the dry periods to their ordinary beds , gradually swell , and overflow all the lower lands . The inunda- tion progresses gently , inch by inch , and is felt ...
Page 767
... middle of the current , in sixteen yet crime and deeds of violence appeared to hours . The sight of the clean and neat little be of very rare occurrence . The principal town , with its open spaces , close - cropped man of the village ...
... middle of the current , in sixteen yet crime and deeds of violence appeared to hours . The sight of the clean and neat little be of very rare occurrence . The principal town , with its open spaces , close - cropped man of the village ...
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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