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 626
... similar , in general appearance , to such as are met with in country places in England . Oc- casionally a flock of small paroquets , green , with a patch of yellow on the forehead , would come at early morning to the trees near the ...
... similar , in general appearance , to such as are met with in country places in England . Oc- casionally a flock of small paroquets , green , with a patch of yellow on the forehead , would come at early morning to the trees near the ...
Page 631
... similar country - house to be let , much better situated for our purpose , in the village of Nazareth , a mile and a half from the city , and close to the forest . The owner was an old Portuguese gentleman named Danin , who lived at his ...
... similar country - house to be let , much better situated for our purpose , in the village of Nazareth , a mile and a half from the city , and close to the forest . The owner was an old Portuguese gentleman named Danin , who lived at his ...
Page 763
... similar to that already de- scribed as presented between the Rio Negro and Ega ; long reaches of similar aspect , with two long , low lines of forest , varied sometimes with cliffs of red clay , appearing one after the other , a horizon ...
... similar to that already de- scribed as presented between the Rio Negro and Ega ; long reaches of similar aspect , with two long , low lines of forest , varied sometimes with cliffs of red clay , appearing one after the other , a horizon ...
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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