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 718
... travelled for several hours at great speed , leaving the poor fellow to paddle after us against the strong current ... travelling encircled the whole earth , and that the land was an island like those seen in the stream , but larger ...
... travelled for several hours at great speed , leaving the poor fellow to paddle after us against the strong current ... travelling encircled the whole earth , and that the land was an island like those seen in the stream , but larger ...
Page 721
... travelled little settlement : a cluster of a hundred or for three days along a broad reach , which so of palm ... travelling all day on houses , and a number of dark - skinned natives the 30th of April along a high and rather were ...
... travelled little settlement : a cluster of a hundred or for three days along a broad reach , which so of palm ... travelling all day on houses , and a number of dark - skinned natives the 30th of April along a high and rather were ...
Page 768
... travelling , twelve miles an hour , with every plank vibrating with the force of the engines . Many of them could not sleep , myself among the number . At length , a lit- tle after midnight , a sudden shout startled " Back her ...
... travelling , twelve miles an hour , with every plank vibrating with the force of the engines . Many of them could not sleep , myself among the number . At length , a lit- tle after midnight , a sudden shout startled " Back her ...
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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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