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 250
... travelled for three days along a broad reach , which both up and down river presented a blank horizon of water and ... travelling all day on the 30th of April along a high and rather sloping bank . In the evening we arrived at a narrow ...
... travelled for three days along a broad reach , which both up and down river presented a blank horizon of water and ... travelling all day on the 30th of April along a high and rather sloping bank . In the evening we arrived at a narrow ...
Page 276
... travelling about three miles along the broad portion of the creek - which , being surrounded by woods , had the ... travelled at good speed for three hours along this shady road ; the distance of Pedro's house from Ega being about twenty ...
... travelling about three miles along the broad portion of the creek - which , being surrounded by woods , had the ... travelled at good speed for three hours along this shady road ; the distance of Pedro's house from Ega being about twenty ...
Page 374
... travelling , twelve miles an hour , with every plank vibrating with the force of the engines . Many of them could not sleep , myself amongst the number . At length , a little after midnight , a sudden shout startled us : " Back her ...
... travelling , twelve miles an hour , with every plank vibrating with the force of the engines . Many of them could not sleep , myself amongst the number . At length , a little after midnight , a sudden shout startled us : " Back her ...
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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