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 625
... land , and is kept free from the jungle only by the constant care of the Government . The surface , though everywhere low , is slightly undulating , so that areas of dry land alternate throughout with areas of swampy ground , the ...
... land , and is kept free from the jungle only by the constant care of the Government . The surface , though everywhere low , is slightly undulating , so that areas of dry land alternate throughout with areas of swampy ground , the ...
Page 657
... land , fearing that the crazy vessel would sink before reach- ing port , I begged Senhor Machado to send me ashore in the boat , with the more pre- cious portion of my collections . CHAPTER V. CARIPÍ AND THE BAY OF MARAJÓ . River Pará ...
... land , fearing that the crazy vessel would sink before reach- ing port , I begged Senhor Machado to send me ashore in the boat , with the more pre- cious portion of my collections . CHAPTER V. CARIPÍ AND THE BAY OF MARAJÓ . River Pará ...
Page 691
... land , wooded only in patches , or with single scattered trees . A good deal of the country on the borders of the Tapajos , which flows from the great campo area of Interior Brazil , is of this description . It is on this account that I ...
... land , wooded only in patches , or with single scattered trees . A good deal of the country on the borders of the Tapajos , which flows from the great campo area of Interior Brazil , is of this description . It is on this account that I ...
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