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 643
... length . They are of cylindrical shape , having , properly speaking , no neck ; and the blunt tail , which is only about an inch in length , is of the same shape as the head . This peculiar form , added to their habit of wriggling ...
... length . They are of cylindrical shape , having , properly speaking , no neck ; and the blunt tail , which is only about an inch in length , is of the same shape as the head . This peculiar form , added to their habit of wriggling ...
Page 668
... length , in broad arches over the canal . An infinite di- versity of smaller - sized palms decorated the water's edge , such as the Marajá - i ( Bactris , many species ) , the Ubim ( Geonoma ) , and a few stately Bacábas ( Enocarpus ...
... length , in broad arches over the canal . An infinite di- versity of smaller - sized palms decorated the water's edge , such as the Marajá - i ( Bactris , many species ) , the Ubim ( Geonoma ) , and a few stately Bacábas ( Enocarpus ...
Page 669
... length , river , here ten miles broad . Toward mid- and wholly encased in bony armor . It night the wind failed us , when we were close abounds at certain seasons in shallow water . to a large shoal called the Baixo Grande . We The ...
... length , river , here ten miles broad . Toward mid- and wholly encased in bony armor . It night the wind failed us , when we were close abounds at certain seasons in shallow water . to a large shoal called the Baixo Grande . We The ...
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The Naturalist on the River Amazons: A Record of Adventures ..., 1. köide Henry Walter Bates No preview available - 2017 |
The Naturalist on the River Amazons: A Record of Adventures, Habits of ... Henry Walter Bates No preview available - 2018 |
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