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 632
... shape , entwin- ing snake - like round the tree trunks , or form- ing gigantic loops and coils among the larger branches ; others , again , were of zigzag shape , or indented like the steps of a stair- case , sweeping from the ground to ...
... shape , entwin- ing snake - like round the tree trunks , or form- ing gigantic loops and coils among the larger branches ; others , again , were of zigzag shape , or indented like the steps of a stair- case , sweeping from the ground to ...
Page 643
... shape , having , properly speaking , no neck ; and the blunt tail , which is only about an inch in length , is of the same shape as the head . This peculiar form , added to their habit of wriggling backward as well as forward , has ...
... shape , having , properly speaking , no neck ; and the blunt tail , which is only about an inch in length , is of the same shape as the head . This peculiar form , added to their habit of wriggling backward as well as forward , has ...
Page 668
... shape of this last is exceedingly elegant , the size of the crown being in proper pro- portion to the straight smooth stem . The leaves , down even to the bases of the glossy petioles , are of a rich dark - green color , and free from ...
... shape of this last is exceedingly elegant , the size of the crown being in proper pro- portion to the straight smooth stem . The leaves , down even to the bases of the glossy petioles , are of a rich dark - green color , and free from ...
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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