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 625
... tion at almost every step . Among them were the different kinds of Bromelia , or pine - apple plants , with their long , rigid , sword - shaped leaves , in some species jagged or toothed along their edges . Then there was the bread ...
... tion at almost every step . Among them were the different kinds of Bromelia , or pine - apple plants , with their long , rigid , sword - shaped leaves , in some species jagged or toothed along their edges . Then there was the bread ...
Page 634
... tion ; nor , as the dry season is not excessive , is there any summer torpidity as in some tropical countries . Plants do not flower or shed their leaves , nor do birds moult , pair , or breed simultaneously . In Europe , a wood- land ...
... tion ; nor , as the dry season is not excessive , is there any summer torpidity as in some tropical countries . Plants do not flower or shed their leaves , nor do birds moult , pair , or breed simultaneously . In Europe , a wood- land ...
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... tion . The superiority of the fruit on the Solimoens to that grown on the Lower Ama- zons , and in the neighborhood of Pará , is its highest , the water being then about very striking . At Ega it is generally as large forty - five feet ...
... tion . The superiority of the fruit on the Solimoens to that grown on the Lower Ama- zons , and in the neighborhood of Pará , is its highest , the water being then about very striking . At Ega it is generally as large forty - five feet ...
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Naturalist on the River Amazons, a Record of Adventures, Habits of Animals ... Henry Walter Bates No preview available - 2007 |
The Naturalist on the River Amazons: A Record of Adventures, Habits of ... Henry Walter Bates No preview available - 2014 |
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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