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 75
... head downwards , its back curving over , exposing successively the whole dorsal ridge with its fin . It seems thus to pitch heels over head , but does not show the tail fin . Besides this peculiar motion , it is distinguished from the ...
... head downwards , its back curving over , exposing successively the whole dorsal ridge with its fin . It seems thus to pitch heels over head , but does not show the tail fin . Besides this peculiar motion , it is distinguished from the ...
Page 311
... head of the lake , Bento struck off to the left across the restinga , and we then soon came upon a treeless space choked up with tall grass , which appeared to be the dried - up bed of another lake . Our leader was obliged to climb a ...
... head of the lake , Bento struck off to the left across the restinga , and we then soon came upon a treeless space choked up with tall grass , which appeared to be the dried - up bed of another lake . Our leader was obliged to climb a ...
Page 381
... heads of their children , or a holiday got up simply out of a love of dissipation . Some of the tribe on these occasions deck themselves with the bright- coloured feathers of parrots and macaws . The chief wears a head - dress or cap ...
... heads of their children , or a holiday got up simply out of a love of dissipation . Some of the tribe on these occasions deck themselves with the bright- coloured feathers of parrots and macaws . The chief wears a head - dress or cap ...
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The Naturalist on the River Amazons: A Record of Adventures, Habits of ... Henry Walter Bates No preview available - 2015 |
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