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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... season - Cucáma Indians - Mental con- dition of Indians - Squalls- Manatee - Forest - waters ; the coast along which we traveled Floating pumice - stones from the Andes - Falling banks - Ega and its inhabitants - Daily life of a nat ...
... season - Cucáma Indians - Mental con- dition of Indians - Squalls- Manatee - Forest - waters ; the coast along which we traveled Floating pumice - stones from the Andes - Falling banks - Ega and its inhabitants - Daily life of a nat ...
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... season , and is boiled and eaten with treacle and all begin to look forward to the or salt . A dozen of the seedless fruits make " vasante , ' or ebb . The provision made for a good nourishing meal for a grown - up per- the dearth of ...
... season , and is boiled and eaten with treacle and all begin to look forward to the or salt . A dozen of the seedless fruits make " vasante , ' or ebb . The provision made for a good nourishing meal for a grown - up per- the dearth of ...
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... season comes on in Janu- ary , and lasts throughout February . The river sinks sometimes to the extent of a few feet only , but one year ( 1856 ) I saw it ebb to within about five feet of its lowest point in September . This is called ...
... season comes on in Janu- ary , and lasts throughout February . The river sinks sometimes to the extent of a few feet only , but one year ( 1856 ) I saw it ebb to within about five feet of its lowest point in September . This is called ...
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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