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 645
... soon dark , the wind blew stiffly , and the tide rushed along with great rapidity , carry- ing us swiftly past the crowd of vessels which were anchored in the port . The canoe rolled a good deal . After we had made five or six miles of ...
... soon dark , the wind blew stiffly , and the tide rushed along with great rapidity , carry- ing us swiftly past the crowd of vessels which were anchored in the port . The canoe rolled a good deal . After we had made five or six miles of ...
Page 657
... soon afterward an ex- tra puff of wind came , and the old boat lurched alarmingly , the rigging gave way , and down fell boom and sail with a crash , en- cumbering us with the wreck . We were then obliged to have recourse to oars ; and ...
... soon afterward an ex- tra puff of wind came , and the old boat lurched alarmingly , the rigging gave way , and down fell boom and sail with a crash , en- cumbering us with the wreck . We were then obliged to have recourse to oars ; and ...
Page 664
... soon re- sulted . He then singed and prepared the cutía , finishing by running a spit through the body , and fixing one end in the ground in a slanting position over the fire . We had brought with us a bag of farinha and a cup ...
... soon re- sulted . He then singed and prepared the cutía , finishing by running a spit through the body , and fixing one end in the ground in a slanting position over the fire . We had brought with us a bag of farinha and a cup ...
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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