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 632
... trees of thee the ease with which a mere subsistence can vessel is a circular hole , in which a natural. contorted in every variety of shape , entwin- ing snake - like round the tree trunks , or form- ing gigantic loops and coils among ...
... trees of thee the ease with which a mere subsistence can vessel is a circular hole , in which a natural. contorted in every variety of shape , entwin- ing snake - like round the tree trunks , or form- ing gigantic loops and coils among ...
Page 635
... trees . The general run of trees had not re- timber . We were glad , therefore , to see this markably thick stems ; the great and uni- wonderful tree growing in its native wilds . form height to which they grow without It is one of the ...
... trees . The general run of trees had not re- timber . We were glad , therefore , to see this markably thick stems ; the great and uni- wonderful tree growing in its native wilds . form height to which they grow without It is one of the ...
Page 652
... trees , shoots up to an immense beight before throw . ing off branches . The trees seem to be no man's property hereabout . The people we met with told us they came every year to collect rubber on these islands , as soon as the waters ...
... trees , shoots up to an immense beight before throw . ing off branches . The trees seem to be no man's property hereabout . The people we met with told us they came every year to collect rubber on these islands , as soon as the waters ...
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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