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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... clear waters and rocky bays of the neighborhood is no doubt partly the cause of the poverty and perennial hunger which reign here . When we arrived in the port our canoe was crowded with the half - naked villagers - men , women , and ...
... clear waters and rocky bays of the neighborhood is no doubt partly the cause of the poverty and perennial hunger which reign here . When we arrived in the port our canoe was crowded with the half - naked villagers - men , women , and ...
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... clear dark water , on the surface of which floated thick beds of water - lilies . We then crossed a muddy creek or water - course that entered the lake , and then found ourselves on a restinga , or tongue of land between two waters . By ...
... clear dark water , on the surface of which floated thick beds of water - lilies . We then crossed a muddy creek or water - course that entered the lake , and then found ourselves on a restinga , or tongue of land between two waters . By ...
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... Clear and Concise View of the Principal Results of Modern Science , and of the Revolution which they have effected in Modern Thought.- With a Supplemental Chapter on Gladstone's " Dawn of Creation " and " Proem to Genesis , " and on ...
... Clear and Concise View of the Principal Results of Modern Science , and of the Revolution which they have effected in Modern Thought.- With a Supplemental Chapter on Gladstone's " Dawn of Creation " and " Proem to Genesis , " and on ...
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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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