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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... appearance , to such as are met with in country places in England . Oc- casionally a flock of small paroquets , green , with a patch of yellow on the forehead , would come at early morning to the trees near the Estrada . They would feed ...
... appearance , to such as are met with in country places in England . Oc- casionally a flock of small paroquets , green , with a patch of yellow on the forehead , would come at early morning to the trees near the Estrada . They would feed ...
Page 707
... appearance of Sucurujús of unusually large size , takes a great variety of forms , and the wild legends form the subject of conversation among old and young , over the wood fires in lonely settlements . : August 6th and 7th . - On ...
... appearance of Sucurujús of unusually large size , takes a great variety of forms , and the wild legends form the subject of conversation among old and young , over the wood fires in lonely settlements . : August 6th and 7th . - On ...
Page 716
... appearance of river in the flood season - Cucáma Indians - Mental con- dition of Indians - Squalls - Manatee - Forest- Floating pumice - stones from the Andes - Falling banks - Ega and its inhabitants - Daily life of a nat uralist at ...
... appearance of river in the flood season - Cucáma Indians - Mental con- dition of Indians - Squalls - Manatee - Forest- Floating pumice - stones from the Andes - Falling banks - Ega and its inhabitants - Daily life of a nat uralist at ...
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