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 667
... miles distant . On the following day ( 25th ) we sailed to ward the west , along the upper portion of the Pará estuary , which extends seventy miles beyond the mouth of the Tocantins . It va- ries in width from three to five miles , but ...
... miles distant . On the following day ( 25th ) we sailed to ward the west , along the upper portion of the Pará estuary , which extends seventy miles beyond the mouth of the Tocantins . It va- ries in width from three to five miles , but ...
Page 670
... miles broad , and in some places long , low , wooded islands intervene in mid- stream , whose light green vivid verdure formed a strangely beautiful foreground to the glorious landsc pe of broad stream and gray mountain . Ninety miles ...
... miles broad , and in some places long , low , wooded islands intervene in mid- stream , whose light green vivid verdure formed a strangely beautiful foreground to the glorious landsc pe of broad stream and gray mountain . Ninety miles ...
Page 717
... miles in length , if we reckon from the source of what is usually considered the main stream ( Lake Lauricocha , near Lima ) ; but 2500 miles by the route of the Ucayali , the most considerable and practicable fork of the up- per part ...
... miles in length , if we reckon from the source of what is usually considered the main stream ( Lake Lauricocha , near Lima ) ; but 2500 miles by the route of the Ucayali , the most considerable and practicable fork of the up- per part ...
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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 larv¿ 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