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 637
... montaria , is universally used . It is made of five planks ; a broad one for the bottom , bent into the proper shape by the action of heat , two narrow ones for the sides , and two small triangular pieces for stem and stern . It has no ...
... montaria , is universally used . It is made of five planks ; a broad one for the bottom , bent into the proper shape by the action of heat , two narrow ones for the sides , and two small triangular pieces for stem and stern . It has no ...
Page 661
... montaria , and paddled some three or four miles up and down the stream . Although I had now become familiarized with beauti- ful vegetation , all the glow of fresh admiration came again to me in this place . The creek was about one ...
... montaria , and paddled some three or four miles up and down the stream . Although I had now become familiarized with beauti- ful vegetation , all the glow of fresh admiration came again to me in this place . The creek was about one ...
Page 739
... montaria to the place , and gently draws the animal by the twine , humoring it by giving it the rein when it plunges , until it is brought again near the surface , when he strikes it with a second arrow . With the increased hold given ...
... montaria to the place , and gently draws the animal by the twine , humoring it by giving it the rein when it plunges , until it is brought again near the surface , when he strikes it with a second arrow . With the increased hold given ...
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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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