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 684
... showed what tion . They paint their chins red with Urucú industry and good management could effect ( anatto ) , and have usually a black tattooed in this country without slave - labor . But the streak on each side of the face , running ...
... showed what tion . They paint their chins red with Urucú industry and good management could effect ( anatto ) , and have usually a black tattooed in this country without slave - labor . But the streak on each side of the face , running ...
Page 724
... showed no emotion at any of the strange were entirely free from it ; the simple con sights of the capital : the steam vessels , large tact of civilized men , in some mysterious ships and houses , horses and carriages , the way , being ...
... showed no emotion at any of the strange were entirely free from it ; the simple con sights of the capital : the steam vessels , large tact of civilized men , in some mysterious ships and houses , horses and carriages , the way , being ...
Page 765
... showed me the use of these lip - holes , by fix ing a number of little white sticks in them , and then twisting his mouth about and going through a pantomime to represent defiance in the presence of an enemy . Nearly all the people were ...
... showed me the use of these lip - holes , by fix ing a number of little white sticks in them , and then twisting his mouth about and going through a pantomime to represent defiance in the presence of an enemy . Nearly all the people were ...
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The Naturalist on the River Amazons: A Record of Adventures, Habits of ... Henry Walter Bates No preview available - 2015 |
The Naturalist On The River Amazons: A Record Of Adventures, Habits Of ... Henry Walter Bates No preview available - 2018 |
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75 cents alligators animals ants appearance ashore banks beautiful birds boat branches Brazil Brazilian broad cacao Cafuzo called Cametá campos canoe Cardozo Caripí channel Chapter II.-The Cloth color CONTENTS creek distance Double number dry season Ecitons farinha feet fish foliage Fonte Boa forest fruit GRANT ALLEN ground habits hammocks head height HUMBOLDT PUBLISHING HUXLEY inches Indians inhabitants insects interior islands kind lake land larvæ leaves length live lower main river mameluco mandioca miles monkeys montaria morning mouth natives natural nearly neighborhood night o'clock Obydos palm Pará passed plants Portuguese Rio Negro rocinha sand sandy Santarem seemed seen Senhor shore side Solimoens species stream Tabatinga tail Tapajos tion Tocantins Toucans trees tribes trunks Tupí turtles Upper Amazons vegetation vessel village voyage wild WILLIAM KINGDON CLIFFORD wind wings woods yards young