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 649
... months ' picnic . It is the annual custom of this class of people , throughout the province , to spend a few months of the fine season in the wilder parts of the country . They carry with them all the farinha they can scrape to gether ...
... months ' picnic . It is the annual custom of this class of people , throughout the province , to spend a few months of the fine season in the wilder parts of the country . They carry with them all the farinha they can scrape to gether ...
Page 692
... months , from April to July , the water comes up to the edge of the marginal belt of wood already spoken of . This Mapirí excursion was most pleasant and profitable in the months from January to March , before the rains became too ...
... months , from April to July , the water comes up to the edge of the marginal belt of wood already spoken of . This Mapirí excursion was most pleasant and profitable in the months from January to March , before the rains became too ...
Page 727
... months ; those who have a number of In- dians in their employ send them out for a month when the waters are low to collect a stock , and those who have not , purchase their supply ; with some difficulty , however , as they are rarely ...
... months ; those who have a number of In- dians in their employ send them out for a month when the waters are low to collect a stock , and those who have not , purchase their supply ; with some difficulty , however , as they are rarely ...
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Naturalist on the River Amazons, a Record of Adventures, Habits of Animals ... Henry Walter Bates No preview available - 2007 |
The Naturalist on the River Amazons: A Record of Adventures, Habits of ... Henry Walter Bates No preview available - 2014 |
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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