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 654
... town not only became the refuge for all loyal subjects , but was a centre whence large parties of volun- teers sallied forth repeatedly to attack the anarchists in their various strongholds . The forest behind Cametá is traversed by ...
... town not only became the refuge for all loyal subjects , but was a centre whence large parties of volun- teers sallied forth repeatedly to attack the anarchists in their various strongholds . The forest behind Cametá is traversed by ...
Page 670
... town , Santarem , In the middle the waves ran very high , and the vessel lurched fearfully , hurling every- thing that was not well secured from one side of the deck to the other . On the morning of the 9th of October , a gentle wind ...
... town , Santarem , In the middle the waves ran very high , and the vessel lurched fearfully , hurling every- thing that was not well secured from one side of the deck to the other . On the morning of the 9th of October , a gentle wind ...
Page 690
... town , or city as it is called , with owners of house property pay a dizimo or its rows of tolerably uniform whitewashed tithe , to the " collectoria geral , " or general and red - tiled houses , surrounded by green treasury , but with ...
... town , or city as it is called , with owners of house property pay a dizimo or its rows of tolerably uniform whitewashed tithe , to the " collectoria geral , " or general and red - tiled houses , surrounded by green treasury , but with ...
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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