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 666
... took three months to travel the same distance . It was a great blessing to the inhabitants when , in 1853 , a line of steamers was established , and this same jour- ney could be accomplished , with ease and comfort , at all seasons , in ...
... took three months to travel the same distance . It was a great blessing to the inhabitants when , in 1853 , a line of steamers was established , and this same jour- ney could be accomplished , with ease and comfort , at all seasons , in ...
Page 685
... took an interest in my pursuit ; one of the best chambers in the house was given up to me , and the young men took me long ram- bles in the neighboring forests . I saw very little hard work going forward . Every one rose with the dawn ...
... took an interest in my pursuit ; one of the best chambers in the house was given up to me , and the young men took me long ram- bles in the neighboring forests . I saw very little hard work going forward . Every one rose with the dawn ...
Page 689
... took all the sanitary precautions that could be thought of ; among the rest was the singular one of firing cannon at the street corners , to purify the air . Mr. Norris , the American consul , told me the first cases of fever occurred ...
... took all the sanitary precautions that could be thought of ; among the rest was the singular one of firing cannon at the street corners , to purify the air . Mr. Norris , the American consul , told me the first cases of fever occurred ...
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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