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 697
... sometimes heard his loud hough " in the night , while lying in our hammocks at home , in Santarem , and knew he must be lurking somewhere near us . 66 My best hunting ground was a part of the valley sheltered on one side by a steep hill ...
... sometimes heard his loud hough " in the night , while lying in our hammocks at home , in Santarem , and knew he must be lurking somewhere near us . 66 My best hunting ground was a part of the valley sheltered on one side by a steep hill ...
Page 728
... sometimes had fresh bread at Ega , made from American flour brought from Pará , but it was sold at ninepence a pound . I was once two years without tasting wheaten bread , and attribute partly to this the gradual deterioration of health ...
... sometimes had fresh bread at Ega , made from American flour brought from Pará , but it was sold at ninepence a pound . I was once two years without tasting wheaten bread , and attribute partly to this the gradual deterioration of health ...
Page 730
... sometimes not more than about fifteen feet , but it is , in some years , much more extensive , laying the large sand islands under water before the turtle - eggs are hatched . In one year , while I resided at Ega , this second annual ...
... sometimes not more than about fifteen feet , but it is , in some years , much more extensive , laying the large sand islands under water before the turtle - eggs are hatched . In one year , while I resided at Ega , this second annual ...
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The Naturalist on the River Amazons: A Record of Adventures, Habits of ... Henry Walter Bates No preview available - 2015 |
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