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 659
... four species altogether . One was the Myrmeco phaga tetradactyla ; the two others , more curious and less known , were very small kinds , called Tamanduá - i . Both are similar in size - ten inches in length , exclusive of the tail and ...
... four species altogether . One was the Myrmeco phaga tetradactyla ; the two others , more curious and less known , were very small kinds , called Tamanduá - i . Both are similar in size - ten inches in length , exclusive of the tail and ...
Page 670
... four to 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 ...
... four to 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 ...
Page 735
... four hours ' tedious progress , we suddenly emerged on the open stream , where the moonlight glittered in broad sheets on the gently rippling waters . A little extra care was now required in paddling . The Indians plied their strokes ...
... four hours ' tedious progress , we suddenly emerged on the open stream , where the moonlight glittered in broad sheets on the gently rippling waters . A little extra care was now required in paddling . The Indians plied their strokes ...
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