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 641
... middle of one of the most beauti- ful churches , which is previously filled to ex- cess with the multitude anxious to witness the affecting meeting of mother and son a few days before the crucifixion . The images are brought face to ...
... middle of one of the most beauti- ful churches , which is previously filled to ex- cess with the multitude anxious to witness the affecting meeting of mother and son a few days before the crucifixion . The images are brought face to ...
Page 667
... middle of the river , which are covered only by a small depth of water at this season of the year The wind was fresh , and the schooner rolled and pitched like a ship at sea . The distance was abcut fifteen miles . In the middle , the ...
... middle of the river , which are covered only by a small depth of water at this season of the year The wind was fresh , and the schooner rolled and pitched like a ship at sea . The distance was abcut fifteen miles . In the middle , the ...
Page 729
... middle of June , during which the rivers and lakes , confined during the dry periods to their ordinary beds , gradually swell , and overflow all the lower lands . The inunda- tion progresses gently , inch by inch , and is felt ...
... middle of June , during which the rivers and lakes , confined during the dry periods to their ordinary beds , gradually swell , and overflow all the lower lands . The inunda- tion progresses gently , inch by inch , and is felt ...
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