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 645
... morning , we found ourselves gliding upward with the tide , along the Bahia or Bay , as it is called , of Goajará . This is a broad channel lying between the mainland and a line of islands which extend some distance beyond the city ...
... morning , we found ourselves gliding upward with the tide , along the Bahia or Bay , as it is called , of Goajará . This is a broad channel lying between the mainland and a line of islands which extend some distance beyond the city ...
Page 667
... morning tide yesterday , and then made across to the eastern shore - the start- ing - point for all canoes which have to tra- verse the broad mouth of the Tocantins , go- ing west . Early this morning we commenced the passage . The ...
... morning tide yesterday , and then made across to the eastern shore - the start- ing - point for all canoes which have to tra- verse the broad mouth of the Tocantins , go- ing west . Early this morning we commenced the passage . The ...
Page 681
... morning three canoes put off , laden with salt fish , oil of manatee , fowls , and bananas , wares which the owners wished to exchange for different articles re- quired for the festa . Soon after I went ashore . The head man was a tall ...
... morning three canoes put off , laden with salt fish , oil of manatee , fowls , and bananas , wares which the owners wished to exchange for different articles re- quired for the festa . Soon after I went ashore . The head man was a tall ...
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The Naturalist on the River Amazons: A Record of Adventures, Habits of ... Henry Walter Bates No preview available - 2015 |
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