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 666
... wind blew - the " vento geral , " or trade - wind of the Amazons - sailing - vessels could get along very well ; but when this failed they were obliged to remain , sometimes many days to- gether , anchored near the shore , or progress ...
... wind blew - the " vento geral , " or trade - wind of the Amazons - sailing - vessels could get along very well ; but when this failed they were obliged to remain , sometimes many days to- gether , anchored near the shore , or progress ...
Page 676
... wind . The dry season had been of very brief duration this year ; it generally lasts in this part of the Amazons from July to January , with a short interval of showery wear in November . The river ought to sink thirty or thirty - five ...
... wind . The dry season had been of very brief duration this year ; it generally lasts in this part of the Amazons from July to January , with a short interval of showery wear in November . The river ought to sink thirty or thirty - five ...
Page 701
... wind off shore all day on the 20th , and made but fourteen or fifteen miles by six P.M. , when , the wind failing us , we anchored at the mouth of a narrow channel , called Tapai- úna , which runs between a large island and the mainland ...
... wind off shore all day on the 20th , and made but fourteen or fifteen miles by six P.M. , when , the wind failing us , we anchored at the mouth of a narrow channel , called Tapai- úna , which runs between a large island and the mainland ...
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Naturalist on the River Amazons, a Record of Adventures, Habits of Animals ... Henry Walter Bates No preview available - 2007 |
The Naturalist on the River Amazons: A Record of Adventures, Habits of ... Henry Walter Bates No preview available - 2014 |
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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