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
... wind . The dry season had been of very brief duration this year ; it generally lasts in this part of the Amazons from July to January , with a short interval of showery weather in November . The river ought to sink thirty or thirty ...
... wind . The dry season had been of very brief duration this year ; it generally lasts in this part of the Amazons from July to January , with a short interval of showery weather in November . The river ought to sink thirty or thirty ...
Page 201
... wind was light and variable all day , and we made only about fifteen miles by seven o'clock in the evening . The coast formed a succession of long shallow bays with sandy beaches , on which the waves broke in a long line of surf . ' Ten ...
... wind was light and variable all day , and we made only about fifteen miles by seven o'clock in the evening . The coast formed a succession of long shallow bays with sandy beaches , on which the waves broke in a long line of surf . ' Ten ...
Page 232
... wind rages from down river , against which it is impossible to contend , as there is no current , and the swell raised by its sweeping over scores of miles of shallow water is dangerous to small vessels . The coast for the greater part ...
... wind rages from down river , against which it is impossible to contend , as there is no current , and the swell raised by its sweeping over scores of miles of shallow water is dangerous to small vessels . The coast for the greater part ...
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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