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 727
... turtles , like that of all other articles of food , has risen greatly with the introduction of steam vessels . When I arrived in 1850 , a middle - sized one could be bought pretty readily for ninepence ; but when I left in 1859 they ...
... turtles , like that of all other articles of food , has risen greatly with the introduction of steam vessels . When I arrived in 1850 , a middle - sized one could be bought pretty readily for ninepence ; but when I left in 1859 they ...
Page 739
... turtles . They did not wait for their coming to the surface to breathe , but watched for the slight move- ments in the water which revealed their presence underneath . These little tracks on the water are called the Sirirí ; the instant ...
... turtles . They did not wait for their coming to the surface to breathe , but watched for the slight move- ments in the water which revealed their presence underneath . These little tracks on the water are called the Sirirí ; the instant ...
Page 740
... turtles yet remaining , we had very poor success . The old Indians told us it would be so , for the turtles were " la- dino " ( cunning ) , and would take no notice of the beating a second day . When the net was formed into a circle ...
... turtles yet remaining , we had very poor success . The old Indians told us it would be so , for the turtles were " la- dino " ( cunning ) , and would take no notice of the beating a second day . When the net was formed into a circle ...
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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 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