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
... mouth of the Tocantins , go- ing west . Early this morning we commenced the passage . The navigation is attended with danger , on account of the extensive shoals in the middle of the river , which are covered only by a small depth of ...
... mouth of the Tocantins , go- ing west . Early this morning we commenced the passage . The navigation is attended with danger , on account of the extensive shoals in the middle of the river , which are covered only by a small depth of ...
Page 670
... mouth of a Paraná - mirim , called Mahicá , and then found a sudden change in the color of the water and aspect of the banks . Instead of the low and swampy water - frontage which had prevailed from the mouth of the Xingú , we saw ...
... mouth of a Paraná - mirim , called Mahicá , and then found a sudden change in the color of the water and aspect of the banks . Instead of the low and swampy water - frontage which had prevailed from the mouth of the Xingú , we saw ...
Page 709
... mouth of the Amazons . I hesitated at first at this conclusion , but on reflecting that the tide was known to be perceptible at Obydos , more than 400 miles from the sea ; that at high water in the dry season a large flood from the ...
... mouth of the Amazons . I hesitated at first at this conclusion , but on reflecting that the tide was known to be perceptible at Obydos , more than 400 miles from the sea ; that at high water in the dry season a large flood from the ...
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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