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 634
... become almost insupportable . Languor and uneasiness would seize on every one ; even the denizens of the forest ... becoming obscured . Then the rush of a mighty wind is heard through the forest , swaying the tree- tops ; a vivid flash ...
... become almost insupportable . Languor and uneasiness would seize on every one ; even the denizens of the forest ... becoming obscured . Then the rush of a mighty wind is heard through the forest , swaying the tree- tops ; a vivid flash ...
Page 672
... become attached to their mas- ters , and will sometimes follow them on the ground to considerable distances . I once say a most ridiculously tame Coaitá . It was an old female , which accompanied its owner , a trader on the river , in ...
... become attached to their mas- ters , and will sometimes follow them on the ground to considerable distances . I once say a most ridiculously tame Coaitá . It was an old female , which accompanied its owner , a trader on the river , in ...
Page 729
... become gradually transformed by the pressure of the food into broad creeks , navigable by small boats , un- der the shade of trees . All the countless swarms of turtle of various species then leave the main river for the inland pools ...
... become gradually transformed by the pressure of the food into broad creeks , navigable by small boats , un- der the shade of trees . All the countless swarms of turtle of various species then leave the main river for the inland pools ...
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The Naturalist on the River Amazons: A Record of Adventures, Habits of ... Henry Walter Bates No preview available - 2015 |
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