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 625
... roads , the chief of which , Estrada das Mon- gubeiras ( the Monguba road ) , about a mile long , is a magnificent avenue of silk - cotton- trees ( Bombax monguba and B. ceiba ) , huge trees whose trunks taper rapidly from the ground ...
... roads , the chief of which , Estrada das Mon- gubeiras ( the Monguba road ) , about a mile long , is a magnificent avenue of silk - cotton- trees ( Bombax monguba and B. ceiba ) , huge trees whose trunks taper rapidly from the ground ...
Page 631
... road was said to be scarcely passable at this season of the year , and the Una much more easily accessible by boat . We were glad , however , of this early oppor- tunity of traversing the rich swampy forest , which we had admired so ...
... road was said to be scarcely passable at this season of the year , and the Una much more easily accessible by boat . We were glad , however , of this early oppor- tunity of traversing the rich swampy forest , which we had admired so ...
Page 655
... road runs parallel to the river , the land from the border of the road to the indented shore of the To- cantins forming a long slope , which was also richly wooded ; this slope was threaded by numerous shady paths , and abounded in beau ...
... road runs parallel to the river , the land from the border of the road to the indented shore of the To- cantins forming a long slope , which was also richly wooded ; this slope was threaded by numerous shady paths , and abounded in beau ...
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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 larv¿ 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