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 633
... beautiful weather that pre- vails when it takes place , namely , in the middle of the fine season , on the ten days preceding the full moon in October or November . Pará is then seen at its best . The weather is not too dry , for three ...
... beautiful weather that pre- vails when it takes place , namely , in the middle of the fine season , on the ten days preceding the full moon in October or November . Pará is then seen at its best . The weather is not too dry , for three ...
Page 665
... beautiful and curious insects , amounting altogether to about twelve hundred species . The number of Coleoptera was remarkable , seeing that this order is so poorly represented near Pará . I attributed their abundance to the number of ...
... beautiful and curious insects , amounting altogether to about twelve hundred species . The number of Coleoptera was remarkable , seeing that this order is so poorly represented near Pará . I attributed their abundance to the number of ...
Page 670
... beautiful foreground to the glorious landsc pe of broad stream and gray mountain . Ninety miles beyoud Almeyrim stands the village of Monte Alegre , which is built near the summit of the last hill visible of this chain . At this point ...
... beautiful foreground to the glorious landsc pe of broad stream and gray mountain . Ninety miles beyoud Almeyrim stands the village of Monte Alegre , which is built near the summit of the last hill visible of this chain . At this point ...
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The Naturalist on the River Amazons: A Record of Adventures, Habits of ... Henry Walter Bates No preview available - 2015 |
The Naturalist On The River Amazons: A Record Of Adventures, Habits Of ... Henry Walter Bates No preview available - 2018 |
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