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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... animal . The meat was cut into cubical slabs , and each person skewered a dozen or so of these on a long stick . Fires were made , and the spits stuck in the ground and slanted over the flames to roast . A driz- zling rain fell all the ...
... animal . The meat was cut into cubical slabs , and each person skewered a dozen or so of these on a long stick . Fires were made , and the spits stuck in the ground and slanted over the flames to roast . A driz- zling rain fell all the ...
Page 739
... animal descends with it toward the bottom , leaving the shaft floating on the surface . This being done , the sportsman paddles in his montaria to the place , and gently draws the animal by the twine , humoring it by giving it the rein ...
... animal descends with it toward the bottom , leaving the shaft floating on the surface . This being done , the sportsman paddles in his montaria to the place , and gently draws the animal by the twine , humoring it by giving it the rein ...
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... Animal and Vegetable , in Space and Time.- By ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE and W. T. THISELTON DYER . CONTENTS . SECTION 1.- DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS . Geographical Distribution of Land Animals . A.- Vertical Distribution of Animals . B ...
... Animal and Vegetable , in Space and Time.- By ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE and W. T. THISELTON DYER . CONTENTS . SECTION 1.- DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS . Geographical Distribution of Land Animals . A.- Vertical Distribution of Animals . B ...
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