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 19
... forest . The owner was an old Portuguese gentleman named Danin , who lived at his tile manufactory at the mouth of the Una , a small river lying two miles below Pará . We resolved to walk to his place through the forest , a distance of ...
... forest . The owner was an old Portuguese gentleman named Danin , who lived at his tile manufactory at the mouth of the Una , a small river lying two miles below Pará . We resolved to walk to his place through the forest , a distance of ...
Page 31
... forests of the low lands . I believe it is now tolerably well ascertained that the majority of forest trees in equatorial Brazil have small and inconspicuous flowers . Flower - frequenting insects are also rare in the forest . Of course ...
... forests of the low lands . I believe it is now tolerably well ascertained that the majority of forest trees in equatorial Brazil have small and inconspicuous flowers . Flower - frequenting insects are also rare in the forest . Of course ...
Page 169
... forest . The stem is smooth , and about two inches in diameter ; its height is not more than twelve to fifteen feet ; it does not , therefore , rise amongst the masses of foliage of the exogenous trees , so as to form a feature in the ...
... forest . The stem is smooth , and about two inches in diameter ; its height is not more than twelve to fifteen feet ; it does not , therefore , rise amongst the masses of foliage of the exogenous trees , so as to form a feature in the ...
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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