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 631
... ground was visible by the quiver- low swampy ground on each side , built upon . ing motion of the air above it . We saw or however , and containing several spacious heard no mammals or birds ; a few cattle rocinhas , which were ...
... ground was visible by the quiver- low swampy ground on each side , built upon . ing motion of the air above it . We saw or however , and containing several spacious heard no mammals or birds ; a few cattle rocinhas , which were ...
Page 632
... ground to a giddy height . It interested me much afterward to find that these climbing trees do not form any particular family . There is no distinct group of plants whose especial habit is to climb , but species of many and the most ...
... ground to a giddy height . It interested me much afterward to find that these climbing trees do not form any particular family . There is no distinct group of plants whose especial habit is to climb , but species of many and the most ...
Page 697
... ground about half way across the waste . Thence to the bottom of the valley is a long , gentle , grassy slope , bare of trees . The strangely - shaped hills ; the forest at their feet , richly varied with palms ; the bay of Mapirí on ...
... ground about half way across the waste . Thence to the bottom of the valley is a long , gentle , grassy slope , bare of trees . The strangely - shaped hills ; the forest at their feet , richly varied with palms ; the bay of Mapirí on ...
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