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 686
... wild appearance from the long coarse hair which hung over his forehead . Both his lips were pierced with holes , as is usual with the older Múras seen on the river . They used formerly to wear tusks of the wild hog in these holes ...
... wild appearance from the long coarse hair which hung over his forehead . Both his lips were pierced with holes , as is usual with the older Múras seen on the river . They used formerly to wear tusks of the wild hog in these holes ...
Page 707
... wild fruit ; landing on a sloping sandy shore , where the boy was left to mind the canoe while the man entered the forest . The beaches of the Teffe form groves of wild guava and myrtle trees , and during most months of the year are ...
... wild fruit ; landing on a sloping sandy shore , where the boy was left to mind the canoe while the man entered the forest . The beaches of the Teffe form groves of wild guava and myrtle trees , and during most months of the year are ...
Page 728
... wild kinds , and of the de- licious flavor of some of them . Many of these are utterly unknown in the regions nearer the Atlantic , being the peculiar pro- ductions of this highly favored , and little known , interior country . Some ...
... wild kinds , and of the de- licious flavor of some of them . Many of these are utterly unknown in the regions nearer the Atlantic , being the peculiar pro- ductions of this highly favored , and little known , interior country . Some ...
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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