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 716
... season - Cucáma Indians - Mental con- dition of Indians - Squalls - Manatee - Forest- Floating pumice - stones from the Andes - Falling banks - Ega and its inhabitants - Daily life of a nat uralist at Ega - The four seasons of the Upper ...
... season - Cucáma Indians - Mental con- dition of Indians - Squalls - Manatee - Forest- Floating pumice - stones from the Andes - Falling banks - Ega and its inhabitants - Daily life of a nat uralist at Ega - The four seasons of the Upper ...
Page 729
... season , and is boiled and eaten with treacle or salt . A dozen of the seedless fruits make a good nourishing meal for a grown - up per- son . It is the general belief that there is more nutriment in Pupunha than in fish or Vacca marina ...
... season , and is boiled and eaten with treacle or salt . A dozen of the seedless fruits make a good nourishing meal for a grown - up per- son . It is the general belief that there is more nutriment in Pupunha than in fish or Vacca marina ...
Page 730
... season comes on in Janu- ary , and lasts throughout February . The river sinks sometimes to the extent of a few feet only , but one year ( 1856 ) I saw it ebb to within about five feet of its lowest point in September . This is called ...
... season comes on in Janu- ary , and lasts throughout February . The river sinks sometimes to the extent of a few feet only , but one year ( 1856 ) I saw it ebb to within about five feet of its lowest point in September . This is called ...
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