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 657
... channel , being separated from the main waters of the estuary by a cluster of islands . This channel is about two miles broad and constitutes part of the minor estuary of Goajará , into which the three riv- ers Guamá , Mojú , and Acará ...
... channel , being separated from the main waters of the estuary by a cluster of islands . This channel is about two miles broad and constitutes part of the minor estuary of Goajará , into which the three riv- ers Guamá , Mojú , and Acará ...
Page 668
... channel is about 35 miles , allowing for the numerous abrupt bends which occur between the middle and the northern end of its course . We were three days and a half accomplishing the pas- sage . The banks on each side seemed to be ...
... channel is about 35 miles , allowing for the numerous abrupt bends which occur between the middle and the northern end of its course . We were three days and a half accomplishing the pas- sage . The banks on each side seemed to be ...
Page 721
... channel , by - waters which lie conveniently for canoes which varies in breadth from 100 to 500 away from the main river , and often save a yards , we doubled a low wooded point , and considerable circuit round a promontory or emerged ...
... channel , by - waters which lie conveniently for canoes which varies in breadth from 100 to 500 away from the main river , and often save a yards , we doubled a low wooded point , and considerable circuit round a promontory or emerged ...
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