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 58
... reached the end of the Goajará about midday , and then entered the narrower channel of the Mojú . Up this we travelled , partly rowing and partly sailing , between the same unbroken walls of forest , until the morning of the 28th ...
... reached the end of the Goajará about midday , and then entered the narrower channel of the Mojú . Up this we travelled , partly rowing and partly sailing , between the same unbroken walls of forest , until the morning of the 28th ...
Page 119
... reached a broad channel called Macaco , and now left the dark , echoing Jaburú . The Macaco sends off branches towards the north - west coast of Marajó . It is merely a passage amon st a cluster of islands , between which a glimpse is ...
... reached a broad channel called Macaco , and now left the dark , echoing Jaburú . The Macaco sends off branches towards the north - west coast of Marajó . It is merely a passage amon st a cluster of islands , between which a glimpse is ...
Page 235
... reached the landing- place at ten o'clock , and anchored within the mouth of the creek . In the morning I walked through the beautiful shady alleys of the forest , which were water - paths in June when we touched here in ascending the ...
... reached the landing- place at ten o'clock , and anchored within the mouth of the creek . In the morning I walked through the beautiful shady alleys of the forest , which were water - paths in June when we touched here in ascending the ...
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