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 637
... montaria , is universally used . It is made of five planks ; a broad one for the bottom , bent into the proper shape by the action of heat , two narrow ones for the sides , and two small triangular pieces for stem and stern . It has no ...
... montaria , is universally used . It is made of five planks ; a broad one for the bottom , bent into the proper shape by the action of heat , two narrow ones for the sides , and two small triangular pieces for stem and stern . It has no ...
Page 661
... montaria , and paddled some three or four miles up and down the stream . Although I had now become familiarized with beauti- ful vegetation , all the glow of fresh admiration came again to me in this place . The creek was about one ...
... montaria , and paddled some three or four miles up and down the stream . Although I had now become familiarized with beauti- ful vegetation , all the glow of fresh admiration came again to me in this place . The creek was about one ...
Page 682
... montaria to the Pirarecú fishing stations , on a lake lying fur- ther inland ; but he did not succeed in reach ing them on account of the length and intri- cacy of the channels ; so after wasting a day , during which , however , I had a ...
... montaria to the Pirarecú fishing stations , on a lake lying fur- ther inland ; but he did not succeed in reach ing them on account of the length and intri- cacy of the channels ; so after wasting a day , during which , however , I had a ...
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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