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 662
... side by side . Noth- ing occurred of a nature to alarm us , except that now and then a sudden rush was heard among the trees , and once a dismal shriek startled us . Petzell tripped at one place , and fell all his length into the ...
... side by side . Noth- ing occurred of a nature to alarm us , except that now and then a sudden rush was heard among the trees , and once a dismal shriek startled us . Petzell tripped at one place , and fell all his length into the ...
Page 670
... side of the deck to the other . On the morning of the 9th of October , a gentle wind carried us along a remanso , or still water , under the southern shore . These tracts of quiet water are frequent on the irregular sides of the stream ...
... side of the deck to the other . On the morning of the 9th of October , a gentle wind carried us along a remanso , or still water , under the southern shore . These tracts of quiet water are frequent on the irregular sides of the stream ...
Page 690
... side of the Tapajos , had the good fortune to meet with a free close to its point of junction with the Ama- mulatto , an industrious and trustworthy zons . A small eminence on which a fort has young fellow , named José , willing to ...
... side of the Tapajos , had the good fortune to meet with a free close to its point of junction with the Ama- mulatto , an industrious and trustworthy zons . A small eminence on which a fort has young fellow , named José , willing to ...
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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