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 645
... broad channel lying between the mainland and a line of islands which extend some distance beyond the city . Into it three large riveis discharge their waters , namely , the Guamá , the Acará , and the Mojú ; so that it forms a kind of ...
... broad channel lying between the mainland and a line of islands which extend some distance beyond the city . Into it three large riveis discharge their waters , namely , the Guamá , the Acará , and the Mojú ; so that it forms a kind of ...
Page 657
... broad sandy beaches , describes a gentle curve inward . The broad reach of the Pará in front of this coast is called the Bahia , or Bay of Marajó . The coast and the interior of the land are peopled by civilized Indians and mamelucos ...
... broad sandy beaches , describes a gentle curve inward . The broad reach of the Pará in front of this coast is called the Bahia , or Bay of Marajó . The coast and the interior of the land are peopled by civilized Indians and mamelucos ...
Page 721
... broad tributary with the Teffé , lay the greatly increased in breadth . We travelled little settlement : a cluster of a hundred or for three days along a broad reach , which so of palm - thatched cottages and white- both up and down ...
... broad tributary with the Teffé , lay the greatly increased in breadth . We travelled little settlement : a cluster of a hundred or for three days along a broad reach , which so of palm - thatched cottages and white- both up and down ...
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