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 TravelDover Publications, 1975 - 394 pages |
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Page 70
... canoes and lives have been lost here , most of the accidents arising through the vessels being hurled against an enormous cubical mass of rock called the Guari- binha , which we , on our trip to the falls in the small canoe , passed ...
... canoes and lives have been lost here , most of the accidents arising through the vessels being hurled against an enormous cubical mass of rock called the Guari- binha , which we , on our trip to the falls in the small canoe , passed ...
Page 77
... canoe - men of the Amazons have many songs and choruses , with which they are in the habit of relieving the monotony of their slow voyages , and which are known all over the interior . The choruses consist of a simple strain , repeated ...
... canoe - men of the Amazons have many songs and choruses , with which they are in the habit of relieving the monotony of their slow voyages , and which are known all over the interior . The choruses consist of a simple strain , repeated ...
Page 233
... canoe nearly on its beam - ends , when we were about a mile from the shore . José had the presence of mind to slacken the sheet of the mainsail , whilst I leapt forward and lowered the sprit of the foresail ; the two Indians standing ...
... canoe nearly on its beam - ends , when we were about a mile from the shore . José had the presence of mind to slacken the sheet of the mainsail , whilst I leapt forward and lowered the sprit of the foresail ; the two Indians standing ...
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afterwards alligator amongst animal ants appearance ashore banks beautiful birds branches Brazilian broad cacao Cafuzo called Cametá campos canoe Cardozo Catuá channel clothed coast colour creek distance dry season Ecitons eggs farinha feet fish flocks foliage Fonte Boa forest fruit habits hammocks head height inches Indians inhabitants insects interior islands Jabutí jaguar Japurá kind lake land larvæ leaves length live lower main river mameluco mandioca miles monkeys montaria morning mouth narrow natives nearly neighbourhood neighbouring night o'clock paddle palm Paperbound Pará passed Passés pool Portuguese praia ramble Rio Negro round SAN DIEGO sand sandy Santarem seemed seen Senhor shore side skin Solimoens species specimens stream Tabatinga tail Tapajos Teffé thickets Tocantins Toucan trees tribe trunks Tupí turtles Upper Amazons vegetation vessel village voyage walk whilst wild wind woods yards young