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 631
... walk to his place through the forest , a distance of three miles , although the road was said to be scarcely passable at this season of the year , and the Una much more easily accessible by boat . We were glad , however , of this early ...
... walk to his place through the forest , a distance of three miles , although the road was said to be scarcely passable at this season of the year , and the Una much more easily accessible by boat . We were glad , however , of this early ...
Page 639
... walks about the floors of Juses , picking up scraps of food , or catching sects , which it secures by walk . ing genty t the place where they settle , ard spearing them with its long slender beak . It allows itself to be handled by ...
... walks about the floors of Juses , picking up scraps of food , or catching sects , which it secures by walk . ing genty t the place where they settle , ard spearing them with its long slender beak . It allows itself to be handled by ...
Page 744
... walk we struck the banks of a beauti- ful little lake , having grassy margins and clear dark water , on the surface of which floated thick beds of water - lilies . We then crossed a muddy creek or water - course that entered the lake ...
... walk we struck the banks of a beauti- ful little lake , having grassy margins and clear dark water , on the surface of which floated thick beds of water - lilies . We then crossed a muddy creek or water - course that entered the lake ...
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