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 728
... brought to a painful state of bodily and mental depression by & month's scanty rations of fish and farinha . We sometimes had fresh bread at Ega , made from American flour brought from Pará , but it was sold at ninepence a pound . I was ...
... brought to a painful state of bodily and mental depression by & month's scanty rations of fish and farinha . We sometimes had fresh bread at Ega , made from American flour brought from Pará , but it was sold at ninepence a pound . I was ...
Page 734
... brought us water in a painted clay basin of Indian manufacture , and a clean but coarse cotton napkin , that we might wash our hands . 64 " " 66 caäpoeira of various ages , the sites of old plantations . The only fruits of our ramble ...
... brought us water in a painted clay basin of Indian manufacture , and a clean but coarse cotton napkin , that we might wash our hands . 64 " " 66 caäpoeira of various ages , the sites of old plantations . The only fruits of our ramble ...
Page 739
... brought again near the surface , when he strikes it with a second arrow . With the increased hold given by the two cords he has then no difficulty in landing his game . Car- hand and tossed into them . I jumped in along with the rest ...
... brought again near the surface , when he strikes it with a second arrow . With the increased hold given by the two cords he has then no difficulty in landing his game . Car- hand and tossed into them . I jumped in along with the rest ...
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