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 623
... distance of six miles from the shore , the shallowness of the water far out around the mouth of the great river not per- mitting in safety a nearer approach ; and the signal was hoisted for a pilot . It was with deep interest that my ...
... distance of six miles from the shore , the shallowness of the water far out around the mouth of the great river not per- mitting in safety a nearer approach ; and the signal was hoisted for a pilot . It was with deep interest that my ...
Page 720
... distance of 240 miles ; and these , as before observed , do not live on the banks of the main stream , but on the shores of inlets and lakes . 64 Canoe - men on the Upper Amazons live in The fishermen twice brought me small constant ...
... distance of 240 miles ; and these , as before observed , do not live on the banks of the main stream , but on the shores of inlets and lakes . 64 Canoe - men on the Upper Amazons live in The fishermen twice brought me small constant ...
Page 732
... distance on each side of the water - path through the irregular colonnade of trees other paths & so , in this part , branch off right and left from the principal road , leading to the scattered houses of Indians on the inainland . The ...
... distance on each side of the water - path through the irregular colonnade of trees other paths & so , in this part , branch off right and left from the principal road , leading to the scattered houses of Indians on the inainland . The ...
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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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