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
... passed Entre - as - Ilhas with the morning tide yesterday , and then made across to the eastern shore - the start- ing - point for all canoes which have to tra- verse the broad mouth of the Tocantins , go- ing west . Early this morning ...
... passed Entre - as - Ilhas with the morning tide yesterday , and then made across to the eastern shore - the start- ing - point for all canoes which have to tra- verse the broad mouth of the Tocantins , go- ing west . Early this morning ...
Page 681
... passed off very quietly , considering the amount of strong liquor drunk , and the ball was kept up until sunrise the next morning . a We visited all the houses one after the other . One of them was situated in a charm- ing spot , with a ...
... passed off very quietly , considering the amount of strong liquor drunk , and the ball was kept up until sunrise the next morning . a We visited all the houses one after the other . One of them was situated in a charm- ing spot , with a ...
Page 746
... passed was Ygapó , but the higher parts of the land formed areas which went only a very few inches under water in the flood sea- It consisted of a most bewildering diversity of grand and beautiful trees , draped , festooned , corded ...
... passed was Ygapó , but the higher parts of the land formed areas which went only a very few inches under water in the flood sea- It consisted of a most bewildering diversity of grand and beautiful trees , draped , festooned , corded ...
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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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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