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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 54
Page 629
... never saw teresting but very difficult study . It is one them under any other circumstances than of the great peculiarities of the Saüba ant to those here related , and what their special possess three classes of workers . My inves ...
... never saw teresting but very difficult study . It is one them under any other circumstances than of the great peculiarities of the Saüba ant to those here related , and what their special possess three classes of workers . My inves ...
Page 718
... never given the subject a moment's thought ! It was the same with other things . I asked him who made the sun , the stars , the trees ? He didn't know , and had never heard the subject men- tioned among his tribe . The Tupi language ...
... never given the subject a moment's thought ! It was the same with other things . I asked him who made the sun , the stars , the trees ? He didn't know , and had never heard the subject men- tioned among his tribe . The Tupi language ...
Page 746
... never safe even in the ports of the villages , Indians appar- ently considering them common property , and stealing them without any compunction . No misgivings clouded the lightness of heart with which we trod forward in warm antici ...
... never safe even in the ports of the villages , Indians appar- ently considering them common property , and stealing them without any compunction . No misgivings clouded the lightness of heart with which we trod forward in warm antici ...
Other editions - View all
Naturalist on the River Amazons, a Record of Adventures, Habits of Animals ... Henry Walter Bates No preview available - 2007 |
Common terms and phrases
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