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 693
... banks . The little miners excavate with their fore feet , which are strongly built and fur- nished with a fringe of ... banks of the Upper Ama- zons , sometimes excavates its mine solitarily on sand - banks recently laid bare in the mid ...
... banks . The little miners excavate with their fore feet , which are strongly built and fur- nished with a fringe of ... banks of the Upper Ama- zons , sometimes excavates its mine solitarily on sand - banks recently laid bare in the mid ...
Page 696
... banks of the Irurá , a stream which rises among the hills already spoken of , and running through a broad valley , wooded along the margins of the water courses , falls into the Tapajos at the head of the bay of Mapirí . All beyond , as ...
... banks of the Irurá , a stream which rises among the hills already spoken of , and running through a broad valley , wooded along the margins of the water courses , falls into the Tapajos at the head of the bay of Mapirí . All beyond , as ...
Page 769
... banks of all are clothed with the most magnificent vege- tation conceivable . I had the almost daily habit , in my solitary walks , of resting on the clean banks of these swift - flowing streams , and bathing for an hour at a time in ...
... banks of all are clothed with the most magnificent vege- tation conceivable . I had the almost daily habit , in my solitary walks , of resting on the clean banks of these swift - flowing streams , and bathing for an hour at a time in ...
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