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 702
... nearly straight westerly course , so that the branch streams , which run generally at right angles to the Amazons , and have a slack current for a long distance from their mouths , are left to the horrors of nearly stagnant air and ...
... nearly straight westerly course , so that the branch streams , which run generally at right angles to the Amazons , and have a slack current for a long distance from their mouths , are left to the horrors of nearly stagnant air and ...
Page 723
... nearly what it was when I first arrived in 1850 - a semi - Indian village , with much in the ways and notions of its people more like those of a small country town in Northern Europe than a South American settlement . The place is ...
... nearly what it was when I first arrived in 1850 - a semi - Indian village , with much in the ways and notions of its people more like those of a small country town in Northern Europe than a South American settlement . The place is ...
Page 768
... nearly passed , when they appeared to be suddenly smitten with distrust , diving like ducks under the stream . The river scenery about the mouth of the Japurá is extremely grand , and was the sub- ject of remark among the passengers ...
... nearly passed , when they appeared to be suddenly smitten with distrust , diving like ducks under the stream . The river scenery about the mouth of the Japurá is extremely grand , and was the sub- ject of remark among the passengers ...
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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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