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 715
... night of the 28th , five miles down the river to Point Jaguararí , where the man lived whom he intended to send with me . I was glad to find my new hand a steady , middle - aged and married In- diau ; his name was of very good promise ...
... night of the 28th , five miles down the river to Point Jaguararí , where the man lived whom he intended to send with me . I was glad to find my new hand a steady , middle - aged and married In- diau ; his name was of very good promise ...
Page 726
... night . The Ega people seem to like an excuse for turning night into day ; it is so cool and pleasant , and they can sit about during these hours in the open air , clad as usual in simple shirt and trousers , without streaming with ...
... night . The Ega people seem to like an excuse for turning night into day ; it is so cool and pleasant , and they can sit about during these hours in the open air , clad as usual in simple shirt and trousers , without streaming with ...
Page 749
... nights within the Carapanatúba chan- nel . The first night passed rather pleasantly , for the weather was fine , and we encamped in the forest , making large fires and slinging our hammocks between the trees . The sec- ond was one of ...
... nights within the Carapanatúba chan- nel . The first night passed rather pleasantly , for the weather was fine , and we encamped in the forest , making large fires and slinging our hammocks between the trees . The sec- ond was one of ...
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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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