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 646
... river with two hands only , and they in a very dissatisfied humor with the prospect . The river view from Cametá is magnifi- cent . The town is situated , as already men- tioned , on a high bank , which forms quite a considerable ...
... river with two hands only , and they in a very dissatisfied humor with the prospect . The river view from Cametá is magnifi- cent . The town is situated , as already men- tioned , on a high bank , which forms quite a considerable ...
Page 702
... river . Five miles beyond Aveyros , and aiso on the left bank , is the missionary vil- lage of Santa Cruz , comprising thirty or forty families of baptized Mundurucú In- dians , who are at present under the manage- ment of a Capuchin ...
... river . Five miles beyond Aveyros , and aiso on the left bank , is the missionary vil- lage of Santa Cruz , comprising thirty or forty families of baptized Mundurucú In- dians , who are at present under the manage- ment of a Capuchin ...
Page 774
... river Cuparí - Adventure with Anaconda - Smoke- dried Monkey - Boa - constrictor - Village of Mundurucú Indians , and incursion of a wild tribe - Falls of the Cuparí - Hyacinthine Ma- caw - Re - emerge into the broad Tapajos— Descent of ...
... river Cuparí - Adventure with Anaconda - Smoke- dried Monkey - Boa - constrictor - Village of Mundurucú Indians , and incursion of a wild tribe - Falls of the Cuparí - Hyacinthine Ma- caw - Re - emerge into the broad Tapajos— Descent of ...
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