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
... shade , and part of the way through groves of coffee and orange trees , fragrant plantations of cacao , and tracts of second - growth woods . The nar- row brook - watered valleys , with which the land is intersected , alone have ...
... shade , and part of the way through groves of coffee and orange trees , fragrant plantations of cacao , and tracts of second - growth woods . The nar- row brook - watered valleys , with which the land is intersected , alone have ...
Page 676
... shade of the sails , deck aided in keeping her off and lengthened or went down to our hammocks in the cabin , the cable . We succeeded in getting free , choosing to be half stifled rather than expose and the stout - built boat fell off ...
... shade of the sails , deck aided in keeping her off and lengthened or went down to our hammocks in the cabin , the cable . We succeeded in getting free , choosing to be half stifled rather than expose and the stout - built boat fell off ...
Page 731
... shade , everywhere bordered the path . The place was the resort of kingfishers , green and blue tree - creepers , purple - headed tanagers , and humming - birds . Birds generally , however , were not numer- Every tree was tenanted by ...
... shade , everywhere bordered the path . The place was the resort of kingfishers , green and blue tree - creepers , purple - headed tanagers , and humming - birds . Birds generally , however , were not numer- Every tree was tenanted by ...
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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