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 141
... shore . The cuberta was hurled with force against the clayey bank ; Penna shouted out , as he started to his legs , that a trovoada de cima , or a squall from up river , was upon us . We took down our hammocks , and then all hands were ...
... shore . The cuberta was hurled with force against the clayey bank ; Penna shouted out , as he started to his legs , that a trovoada de cima , or a squall from up river , was upon us . We took down our hammocks , and then all hands were ...
Page 152
... shore of the Amazons , or in other parts of Tropical America . The Hymenoptera were especially numerous , as they always are in districts which possess a sandy soil : but the many interesting facts which I gleaned relative to their ...
... shore of the Amazons , or in other parts of Tropical America . The Hymenoptera were especially numerous , as they always are in districts which possess a sandy soil : but the many interesting facts which I gleaned relative to their ...
Page 233
... shore . José had the presence of mind to slacken the sheet of the mainsail , whilst I leapt forward and lowered the sprit of the foresail ; the two Indians standing stupefied in the prow . It was what the canoe- men call a trovoada ...
... shore . José had the presence of mind to slacken the sheet of the mainsail , whilst I leapt forward and lowered the sprit of the foresail ; the two Indians standing stupefied in the prow . It was what the canoe- men call a trovoada ...
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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