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 670
... five miles broad , and in some places long , low , wooded islands intervene in mid- stream , whose light green vivid verdure formed a strangely beautiful foreground to the glorious landsc pe of broad stream and gray mountain . Ninety ...
... five miles broad , and in some places long , low , wooded islands intervene in mid- stream , whose light green vivid verdure formed a strangely beautiful foreground to the glorious landsc pe of broad stream and gray mountain . Ninety ...
Page 715
... five miles down the river to Point Jaguararí , where the man lived whom he intended to send with me . I was glad to find my new hand a steady , middle - aged and married In- dian ; his name was of very good promise , Angelo Custodio ...
... five miles down the river to Point Jaguararí , where the man lived whom he intended to send with me . I was glad to find my new hand a steady , middle - aged and married In- dian ; his name was of very good promise , Angelo Custodio ...
Page 722
... five or six hours of every morning were spent in collecting in the forest , whose borders lay only five minutes ' walk from my house ; the hot hours of the afternoon , between three and six o'clock , and the rainy days , were occu- piel ...
... five or six hours of every morning were spent in collecting in the forest , whose borders lay only five minutes ' walk from my house ; the hot hours of the afternoon , between three and six o'clock , and the rainy days , were occu- piel ...
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