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 666
... took three months to travel the same distance . It was a great blessing to the inhabitants when , in 1853 , a line of steamers was established , and this same jour ney could be accomplished , with ease and comfort , at all seasons , in ...
... took three months to travel the same distance . It was a great blessing to the inhabitants when , in 1853 , a line of steamers was established , and this same jour ney could be accomplished , with ease and comfort , at all seasons , in ...
Page 685
... took an interest in my pursuit ; one of the best chambers in the house was given up to me , and the young men took me long ram- bles in the neighboring forests . I saw very little hard work going forward . Every one rose with the dawn ...
... took an interest in my pursuit ; one of the best chambers in the house was given up to me , and the young men took me long ram- bles in the neighboring forests . I saw very little hard work going forward . Every one rose with the dawn ...
Page 741
... took a few lengths of a flexible liana , and deliberately bound the jaws and the legs . Thus secured , the beast was laid across the benches of the boat , on which we sat during the hour and a half's journey to the settle- ment . We ...
... took a few lengths of a flexible liana , and deliberately bound the jaws and the legs . Thus secured , the beast was laid across the benches of the boat , on which we sat during the hour and a half's journey to the settle- ment . We ...
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