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 625
... roads , the chief of which , Estrada das Mon- gubeiras ( the Monguba road ) , about a mile long , is a magnificent avenue of silk - cotton- As we continued our walk the brief twi- trees ( Bombax monguba and B. ceiba ) , huge light ...
... roads , the chief of which , Estrada das Mon- gubeiras ( the Monguba road ) , about a mile long , is a magnificent avenue of silk - cotton- As we continued our walk the brief twi- trees ( Bombax monguba and B. ceiba ) , huge light ...
Page 631
... road was said to be scarcely passable at this season of the year , and the Una much more easily accessible by boat . We were glad , however , of this early oppor- tunity of traversing the rich swampy forest , which we had admired so ...
... road was said to be scarcely passable at this season of the year , and the Una much more easily accessible by boat . We were glad , however , of this early oppor- tunity of traversing the rich swampy forest , which we had admired so ...
Page 655
... road runs parallel to the river , the land from the border of the road to the indented shore of the To- cantins forming a long slope , which was also richly wooded ; this slope was threaded by numerous shady paths , and abounded in beau ...
... road runs parallel to the river , the land from the border of the road to the indented shore of the To- cantins forming a long slope , which was also richly wooded ; this slope was threaded by numerous shady paths , and abounded in beau ...
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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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