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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... whole . The sun now , for we had loitered long on the road , was exceedingly powerful . The day was most brilliant ; the sky without a cloud . In fact , it was one of those glorious On leaving the town , we walked along a days which ...
... whole . The sun now , for we had loitered long on the road , was exceedingly powerful . The day was most brilliant ; the sky without a cloud . In fact , it was one of those glorious On leaving the town , we walked along a days which ...
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... whole strength of crew and passen- gers to pull across . We passed the Guariba , a second channel connecting the two rivers , on the 30th , and on the 31st sailed past a straggling settlement called Manacápurú , situated on a high rocky ...
... whole strength of crew and passen- gers to pull across . We passed the Guariba , a second channel connecting the two rivers , on the 30th , and on the 31st sailed past a straggling settlement called Manacápurú , situated on a high rocky ...
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... whole party , each of whom had a thick steel thimble and a stock of needles and thread of his own . Vicente made for me a set of blue - check cotton shirts .uring the passage . The goodness of these Indians , like that of most others ...
... whole party , each of whom had a thick steel thimble and a stock of needles and thread of his own . Vicente made for me a set of blue - check cotton shirts .uring the passage . The goodness of these Indians , like that of most others ...
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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