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 125
... mouth of a Paraná - mirim , called Mahicá , and then found a sudden change in the colour of the water and aspect of the banks . Instead of the low and swampy water - frontage which had prevailed from the mouth of the Xingú , we saw ...
... mouth of a Paraná - mirim , called Mahicá , and then found a sudden change in the colour of the water and aspect of the banks . Instead of the low and swampy water - frontage which had prevailed from the mouth of the Xingú , we saw ...
Page 158
... mouth of the Madeira , Penna intended to spend a few days . Our course on the 29th and 30th lay through narrow channels between islands . On the 31st we passed the last of these , and then beheld to the south a sea - like expanse of ...
... mouth of the Madeira , Penna intended to spend a few days . Our course on the 29th and 30th lay through narrow channels between islands . On the 31st we passed the last of these , and then beheld to the south a sea - like expanse of ...
Page 389
... mouth of the Pará with the current of fresh water that is poured from the mouth of the river , and in twenty - four hours advanced in this way seventy miles on our road . On the 6th of June , when in 7 ° 55 ′ N. lat . and 52 ° 30 ′ W ...
... mouth of the Pará with the current of fresh water that is poured from the mouth of the river , and in twenty - four hours advanced in this way seventy miles on our road . On the 6th of June , when in 7 ° 55 ′ N. lat . and 52 ° 30 ′ W ...
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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 larv¿ 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