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 623
... Pará river - First walk in the suburbs of Pará - Birds , Lizards , and Insects of the suburbs - Leaf - carrying Ant - Sketch of the climate , history , and present condition of Pará . " I EMBARKED at Liverpool , with Mr. Wal- lace , in ...
... Pará river - First walk in the suburbs of Pará - Birds , Lizards , and Insects of the suburbs - Leaf - carrying Ant - Sketch of the climate , history , and present condition of Pará . " I EMBARKED at Liverpool , with Mr. Wal- lace , in ...
Page 657
... Pará and Bay of Marajó - Journey to Caripí- Negro Observance of Christmas - A German Family -Bats - Ant - eaters - Humming - birds - Excursion to the Murucupí - Domestic Life of the Inhabitants- Hunting Excursion with Indians - White ...
... Pará and Bay of Marajó - Journey to Caripí- Negro Observance of Christmas - A German Family -Bats - Ant - eaters - Humming - birds - Excursion to the Murucupí - Domestic Life of the Inhabitants- Hunting Excursion with Indians - White ...
Page 665
... Pará . I attributed their abundance to the number of new clearings made in the vir- gin forest by the native settlers . The felled timber attracts lignivorous insects , and these draw in their train the predaceous species of various ...
... Pará . I attributed their abundance to the number of new clearings made in the vir- gin forest by the native settlers . The felled timber attracts lignivorous insects , and these draw in their train the predaceous species of various ...
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