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 723
... village , with much in the ways and notions of its people more like those of a small country town in Northern Europe than a South American settlement . The place is healthy , and almost free from insect pests ; perpetual verdure ...
... village , with much in the ways and notions of its people more like those of a small country town in Northern Europe than a South American settlement . The place is healthy , and almost free from insect pests ; perpetual verdure ...
Page 741
... village . An individual was selected about eight feet long : one man hold ing his head and another his tail , while a third took a few lengths of a flexible liana , and deliberately bound the jaws and the legs . Thus secured , the beast ...
... village . An individual was selected about eight feet long : one man hold ing his head and another his tail , while a third took a few lengths of a flexible liana , and deliberately bound the jaws and the legs . Thus secured , the beast ...
Page 767
... village , one Senhor Justo , was a big , coarse , energetic fellow , sub - delegado of police , and the only tradesman who owned a large vessel running directly between Fonte Boa and Pará . He had recently built a large house , in the ...
... village , one Senhor Justo , was a big , coarse , energetic fellow , sub - delegado of police , and the only tradesman who owned a large vessel running directly between Fonte Boa and Pará . He had recently built a large house , in the ...
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