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 678
... half feet in height , which flew up in obtaining a specimen . They were of and alarmed the rest , so that I got only one small size and covered with long fur of a bird out of the tumultuous flocks which uniform gray color . I think the ...
... half feet in height , which flew up in obtaining a specimen . They were of and alarmed the rest , so that I got only one small size and covered with long fur of a bird out of the tumultuous flocks which uniform gray color . I think the ...
Page 697
... 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 the right ...
... 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 the right ...
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... half - naked villagers - men , women , and children - who came to beg each a piece of salt pirarucu " for the love of God . ' They are not quite so badly off in the dry season . The shallow lakes and bays then contain plenty of fish ...
... half - naked villagers - men , women , and children - who came to beg each a piece of salt pirarucu " for the love of God . ' They are not quite so badly off in the dry season . The shallow lakes and bays then contain plenty of fish ...
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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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