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 631
... rocinha , we heard of another similar country - house to be let , much better situated for our purpose , in the village of Nazareth , a mile and a half from the city , and close to the forest . The owner was an old Portuguese gentleman ...
... rocinha , we heard of another similar country - house to be let , much better situated for our purpose , in the village of Nazareth , a mile and a half from the city , and close to the forest . The owner was an old Portuguese gentleman ...
Page 633
... rocinha , after several days ' exploration , I found a series of pathways through the woods , which led to the Una road ; about half way was the house in which the celebrated travellers Spix and Martius resided during their stay at Pará ...
... rocinha , after several days ' exploration , I found a series of pathways through the woods , which led to the Una road ; about half way was the house in which the celebrated travellers Spix and Martius resided during their stay at Pará ...
Page 654
... rocinha was situated near a broad , themselves under the leadership of a coura- grassy road bordered by lofty woods , which geous priest , named Prudencio , armed leads from Cametá to the Aldeia , a village themselves , fortified the ...
... rocinha was situated near a broad , themselves under the leadership of a coura- grassy road bordered by lofty woods , which geous priest , named Prudencio , armed leads from Cametá to the Aldeia , a village themselves , fortified the ...
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