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 648
... young fel- They said that it was useless trying to plant lows came to look on and make remarks , and anything hereabout ; the Saüba ant devour- we had to answer all sorts of questions . ed the young coffee - trees , and every one who ...
... young fel- They said that it was useless trying to plant lows came to look on and make remarks , and anything hereabout ; the Saüba ant devour- we had to answer all sorts of questions . ed the young coffee - trees , and every one who ...
Page 733
... young woman with the blue mouth - who , although married , was as shy as any young maiden of her race - soon be- came employed in scalding and plucking fowls for the dinner , near the fire on the ground at the other end of the dwelling ...
... young woman with the blue mouth - who , although married , was as shy as any young maiden of her race - soon be- came employed in scalding and plucking fowls for the dinner , near the fire on the ground at the other end of the dwelling ...
Page 751
... young on straight toward me , after I had sat down her back . Individuals are obtained alive by on a chair , climbed my legs and nestled in shooting them with the blow - pipe and arrow my lap , turning round and looking up with tipped ...
... young on straight toward me , after I had sat down her back . Individuals are obtained alive by on a chair , climbed my legs and nestled in shooting them with the blow - pipe and arrow my lap , turning round and looking up with tipped ...
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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 larv¿ 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