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 684
... showed what tion . They paint their chins red with Urucú industry and good management could effect ( anatto ) , and have usually a black tattooed in this country without slave - labor . But the streak on each side of the face , running ...
... showed what tion . They paint their chins red with Urucú industry and good management could effect ( anatto ) , and have usually a black tattooed in this country without slave - labor . But the streak on each side of the face , running ...
Page 720
... showed that they rust have been rolled about for a long time in the shallow streams near the sources of the rivers at the feet of the volcanoes , before hey leaped the waterfalls and embarked on the currents which lead direct for the ...
... showed that they rust have been rolled about for a long time in the shallow streams near the sources of the rivers at the feet of the volcanoes , before hey leaped the waterfalls and embarked on the currents which lead direct for the ...
Page 724
... showed no emotion at any of the strange sights of the capital : the steam vessels , large ships and houses , horses and carriages , the pomp of church ceremonies , and so forth . In this he exhibited the usual dulness of feel . ing and ...
... showed no emotion at any of the strange sights of the capital : the steam vessels , large ships and houses , horses and carriages , the pomp of church ceremonies , and so forth . In this he exhibited the usual dulness of feel . ing and ...
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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