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 671
... lake is about thirty - five miles in length , and from four to ten in width ; but its waters are of little depth ... lakes , near the vil lages of Faro and Alemquer . These campos bear a crop of nutritious grass ; but in cer- tain ...
... lake is about thirty - five miles in length , and from four to ten in width ; but its waters are of little depth ... lakes , near the vil lages of Faro and Alemquer . These campos bear a crop of nutritious grass ; but in cer- tain ...
Page 744
... lake , having grassy margins and clear dark water , on the surface of which floated thick beds of water - lilies . We then crossed a muddy creek or water - course that entered the lake , and then found ourselves on a restinga , or ...
... lake , having grassy margins and clear dark water , on the surface of which floated thick beds of water - lilies . We then crossed a muddy creek or water - course that entered the lake , and then found ourselves on a restinga , or ...
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... LAKES ; AND UPON GLACIAL EROSION . - By Sir A. C. RAMSAY , F.R.S. , President of the Geological Society . - JOHN BALL , M.R.I.A. , F.L.S. , & c . - Sir RODERICK I. MURCHISON , F.R.S. , D.C.L. , President of the Royal Geographical ...
... LAKES ; AND UPON GLACIAL EROSION . - By Sir A. C. RAMSAY , F.R.S. , President of the Geological Society . - JOHN BALL , M.R.I.A. , F.L.S. , & c . - Sir RODERICK I. MURCHISON , F.R.S. , D.C.L. , President of the Royal Geographical ...
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