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 727
... turtles , like that of all other articles of food , has risen greatly with the introduction of steam vessels . When I arrived in 1850 , a middle - sized one could be bought pretty readily for ninepence ; but when I left in 1859 they ...
... turtles , like that of all other articles of food , has risen greatly with the introduction of steam vessels . When I arrived in 1850 , a middle - sized one could be bought pretty readily for ninepence ; but when I left in 1859 they ...
Page 736
... turtles , who , pre- vious to crawling ashore to lay , assemble in great shoals off the sand - bank . The men , during this time , take care not to show them- selves , and warn off any fisherman who wishes to pass near the place . Their ...
... turtles , who , pre- vious to crawling ashore to lay , assemble in great shoals off the sand - bank . The men , during this time , take care not to show them- selves , and warn off any fisherman who wishes to pass near the place . Their ...
Page 739
... turtles . They did not wait for their coming to the surface to breathe , but watched for the slight move ments in ... turtles never migrate with their elders on the sinking of the waters , but remain in the tepid pools , fattening on ...
... turtles . They did not wait for their coming to the surface to breathe , but watched for the slight move ments in ... turtles never migrate with their elders on the sinking of the waters , but remain in the tepid pools , fattening on ...
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