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 654
... remained clothed with primeval forest , at least near the town . The houses along these beautiful roads belong chiefly to mameluco , mulatto , and Indian families , each of which has its own small plantation . There are only a few ...
... remained clothed with primeval forest , at least near the town . The houses along these beautiful roads belong chiefly to mameluco , mulatto , and Indian families , each of which has its own small plantation . There are only a few ...
Page 659
... remained nearly all the time without motion , except when irritated , in which case it reared itself on its hind legs from the back of a chair to which it clung , and clawed out with its fore- paws like a cat . Its manner of clinging ...
... remained nearly all the time without motion , except when irritated , in which case it reared itself on its hind legs from the back of a chair to which it clung , and clawed out with its fore- paws like a cat . Its manner of clinging ...
Page 681
... remained ten days to trade , a delay which I turned to good account in augmenting very considerably my collec- tions . " " same class , namely , different varieties of the " landum , an erotic dance similar to the fandango , originally ...
... remained ten days to trade , a delay which I turned to good account in augmenting very considerably my collec- tions . " " same class , namely , different varieties of the " landum , an erotic dance similar to the fandango , originally ...
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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