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 766
... Fonte Boa , in addi- tion to its other amenities , has the reputation throughout the country of being the head- quarters of mosquitoes , and it fully deserves the title . They are more annoying in the houses by day than by night , for ...
... Fonte Boa , in addi- tion to its other amenities , has the reputation throughout the country of being the head- quarters of mosquitoes , and it fully deserves the title . They are more annoying in the houses by day than by night , for ...
Page 767
... Fonte Boa and Pará . He had recently built a large house , in the style of middle - class dwellings of towns , namely , with brick floors and tiled roof , the bricks and tiles having been brought from Pará , 1,500 miles distant , the ...
... Fonte Boa and Pará . He had recently built a large house , in the style of middle - class dwellings of towns , namely , with brick floors and tiled roof , the bricks and tiles having been brought from Pará , 1,500 miles distant , the ...
Page 774
... Boa - constrictor - Village of Mundurucú Indians , and incursion of a wild tribe - Falls of the Cuparí - Hyacinthine ... Fonte Boa - Journey to St. Paulo - Tucúna Indians - Illness - De- scent to Pará - Changes at Pará - Departure for ...
... Boa - constrictor - Village of Mundurucú Indians , and incursion of a wild tribe - Falls of the Cuparí - Hyacinthine ... Fonte Boa - Journey to St. Paulo - Tucúna Indians - Illness - De- scent to Pará - Changes at Pará - Departure for ...
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