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 29
... feet in girth at the point where they become cylindrical . The height of the vast column - like stems could not be less than 100 feet from the ground to their lowest branch . Mr. Leavens , at the saw - mills , told me they frequently ...
... feet in girth at the point where they become cylindrical . The height of the vast column - like stems could not be less than 100 feet from the ground to their lowest branch . Mr. Leavens , at the saw - mills , told me they frequently ...
Page 59
... feet long , and six feet wide , all arranged round the top of a four - feet high stem , so as to form a figure like that of a colossal shuttlecock . The fan - leaved palms , which clothed nearly the entire islet , had huge cylindrical ...
... feet long , and six feet wide , all arranged round the top of a four - feet high stem , so as to form a figure like that of a colossal shuttlecock . The fan - leaved palms , which clothed nearly the entire islet , had huge cylindrical ...
Page 271
... feet only , but one year ( 1856 ) I saw it ebb to within about five feet of its lowest point in September . This is called the summer of the Umarí , " Veraō do Umarí , " after the fruit of this name already described , which ripens at ...
... feet only , but one year ( 1856 ) I saw it ebb to within about five feet of its lowest point in September . This is called the summer of the Umarí , " Veraō do Umarí , " after the fruit of this name already described , which ripens at ...
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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