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
... vegetation drew our atten- 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 ...
... vegetation drew our atten- 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 ...
Page 631
... vegetation . The forest is very similar on most of the low lands , and therefore one description will do for all . by the flowers of numerous leguminous and other shrubs . Besides butterflies , there were few other insects except dragon ...
... vegetation . The forest is very similar on most of the low lands , and therefore one description will do for all . by the flowers of numerous leguminous and other shrubs . Besides butterflies , there were few other insects except dragon ...
Page 679
... vegetation as they do in the Delta region of the Amazons . They are flooded during three or four months in the year , and when the waters retire , the soil - to which the very thin coating of alluvial de- posit imparts little fertility ...
... vegetation as they do in the Delta region of the Amazons . They are flooded during three or four months in the year , and when the waters retire , the soil - to which the very thin coating of alluvial de- posit imparts little fertility ...
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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