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 675
... yards out into the river at this season of the year . The strong current , at a distance of thirty or forty yards from the coast , steadied the cuberta head to stream , and kept us from drifting ashore . We all slept in the open air ...
... yards out into the river at this season of the year . The strong current , at a distance of thirty or forty yards from the coast , steadied the cuberta head to stream , and kept us from drifting ashore . We all slept in the open air ...
Page 734
... yards . was Tushaúa or chieftain , was at this time The blow - gun , however , in the hands of an reduced to a very small number of indi- expert adult Indian , can be made to propel viduals . The disease mentioned in the last arrows as ...
... yards . was Tushaúa or chieftain , was at this time The blow - gun , however , in the hands of an reduced to a very small number of indi- expert adult Indian , can be made to propel viduals . The disease mentioned in the last arrows as ...
Page 761
... yards toward the rear , and the column at that point commenced retreat- ing . All the small - headed workers carried in their jaws a little cluster of white mag- gots , which I thought at the time might be young larvæ of their own ...
... yards toward the rear , and the column at that point commenced retreat- ing . All the small - headed workers carried in their jaws a little cluster of white mag- gots , which I thought at the time might be young larvæ of their own ...
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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