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 729
... Lower Ama- zons , and in the neighborhood of Pará , is very striking . At Ega it is generally as large as full - sized peach , and when boiled almost as mealy as a potato ; while at Pará it is no bigger than a walnut , and the pulp is ...
... Lower Ama- zons , and in the neighborhood of Pará , is very striking . At Ega it is generally as large as full - sized peach , and when boiled almost as mealy as a potato ; while at Pará it is no bigger than a walnut , and the pulp is ...
Page 753
... Lower Amazons . all kinds of fruit , but would not touch raw Its manners in captivity are grave , and its or cooked meat , and was very seldom thirsty . temper mild and confiding , like that of the I was told by persons who had kept ...
... Lower Amazons . all kinds of fruit , but would not touch raw Its manners in captivity are grave , and its or cooked meat , and was very seldom thirsty . temper mild and confiding , like that of the I was told by persons who had kept ...
Page 764
... lower down the river . With the exception of three mameluco families and a stray Portuguese trader , all the inhabitants of the village and neighbor- hood are semi - civilized Indians of the Shu- mána and Passé tribes . The forests of ...
... lower down the river . With the exception of three mameluco families and a stray Portuguese trader , all the inhabitants of the village and neighbor- hood are semi - civilized Indians of the Shu- mána and Passé tribes . The forests of ...
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