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 653
... named Manoel , a quiet , good humored person , who treated me with the most unaffected civility during the three days ' journey . The pilot was also a mameluco , named John Mendez , a hand- some young fellow , full of life and spirit ...
... named Manoel , a quiet , good humored person , who treated me with the most unaffected civility during the three days ' journey . The pilot was also a mameluco , named John Mendez , a hand- some young fellow , full of life and spirit ...
Page 674
... named Suruquás da terra firma . I often saw small companies of half a dozen individuals , quietly seated on the lower branches of trees . They remained almost motionless for an hour or two at a time , simply moving their heads , on the ...
... named Suruquás da terra firma . I often saw small companies of half a dozen individuals , quietly seated on the lower branches of trees . They remained almost motionless for an hour or two at a time , simply moving their heads , on the ...
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... named Daniel The trade wind , or sea breeze , which Cardozo , was then at Barra , attending the assizes as juryman , a public duty performed without remuneration , which took him six weeks away from his business . He was about to leave ...
... named Daniel The trade wind , or sea breeze , which Cardozo , was then at Barra , attending the assizes as juryman , a public duty performed without remuneration , which took him six weeks away from his business . He was about to leave ...
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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