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 96
... usual , for they flower more or less in this country all the year round - and the flowers attracted a great number of humming - birds . Every day , in the cooler hours of the morning , and in the evening from four o'clock till six ...
... usual , for they flower more or less in this country all the year round - and the flowers attracted a great number of humming - birds . Every day , in the cooler hours of the morning , and in the evening from four o'clock till six ...
Page 164
... usual cultivated trees and plants gave the place a naked and poverty- stricken aspect . I entered one of the hovels , where several women were employed cooking a meal . Portions of a large fish were roasting over a fire made in the ...
... usual cultivated trees and plants gave the place a naked and poverty- stricken aspect . I entered one of the hovels , where several women were employed cooking a meal . Portions of a large fish were roasting over a fire made in the ...
Page 186
... usual half - dead state to which the mother wasps reduce the insects which are to serve as food for their progeny . On Besides the Pelopæus there were three or four kinds of Cells of Trypoxylon aurifrons . Trypoxylon , a genus also ...
... usual half - dead state to which the mother wasps reduce the insects which are to serve as food for their progeny . On Besides the Pelopæus there were three or four kinds of Cells of Trypoxylon aurifrons . Trypoxylon , a genus also ...
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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