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 TravelHumboldt Publishing Company, 1889 - 774 pages |
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Page 646
... Cametá . This is a town of some importance pleasantly situated on the somewhat high terra firma of the left bank of the Tocantins . I will defer giving an account of the place till the end of this narrative of our Tocantins voyage . We ...
... Cametá . This is a town of some importance pleasantly situated on the somewhat high terra firma of the left bank of the Tocantins . I will defer giving an account of the place till the end of this narrative of our Tocantins voyage . We ...
Page 653
... Cametá , the principal town on the banks of the Tocan- tins , which I visited for the second time in June , 1849 ; Mr. Wallace , in the same month , departing from Pará to explore the rivers Guamá and Capim . I embarked as passen- ger ...
... Cametá , the principal town on the banks of the Tocan- tins , which I visited for the second time in June , 1849 ; Mr. Wallace , in the same month , departing from Pará to explore the rivers Guamá and Capim . I embarked as passen- ger ...
Page 654
... Cametá is traversed by several broad roads , which lead over undu- lating ground many miles into the interior . They pass generally under shade , and part of the way through groves of coffee and orange trees , fragrant plantations of ...
... Cametá is traversed by several broad roads , which lead over undu- lating ground many miles into the interior . They pass generally under shade , and part of the way through groves of coffee and orange trees , fragrant plantations of ...
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