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 657
... reach ing port , I begged Senhor Machado to send me ashore in the boat , with the more pre- cious portion of my collections .. - CHAPTER V. prise . One of the largest of these establish- ment is called Caripí . At the time of which I am ...
... reach ing port , I begged Senhor Machado to send me ashore in the boat , with the more pre- cious portion of my collections .. - CHAPTER V. prise . One of the largest of these establish- ment is called Caripí . At the time of which I am ...
Page 691
... reach toward the yet untrodden interior . Some of these hills are long ridges , wooded or hare ; others are iso- lated conical peaks , rising abruptly from the valley . The highest are probably not more than a thousand feet above the ...
... reach toward the yet untrodden interior . Some of these hills are long ridges , wooded or hare ; others are iso- lated conical peaks , rising abruptly from the valley . The highest are probably not more than a thousand feet above the ...
Page 773
... reach an advanced state of cul- ture only by battling with the inclemencies of nature in high latitudes , it is under the equator alone that the perfect race of the future will attain to complete fruition of man's beautiful heritage ...
... reach an advanced state of cul- ture only by battling with the inclemencies of nature in high latitudes , it is under the equator alone that the perfect race of the future will attain to complete fruition of man's beautiful heritage ...
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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