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 643
... young serpent belonging to a very poisonous kind , the Jararaca ( Craspedoecphalus atrox ) . It turned round and bit my trousers ; and a young Indian lad , who wa behind me , dex- terously cut it through with his knife before it had ...
... young serpent belonging to a very poisonous kind , the Jararaca ( Craspedoecphalus atrox ) . It turned round and bit my trousers ; and a young Indian lad , who wa behind me , dex- terously cut it through with his knife before it had ...
Page 648
... young fel- lows came to look on and make remarks , and we had to answer all sorts of questions . The houses have their doors and windows open to the street , and people walk in and out as they please ; there is always , however , a more ...
... young fel- lows came to look on and make remarks , and we had to answer all sorts of questions . The houses have their doors and windows open to the street , and people walk in and out as they please ; there is always , however , a more ...
Page 710
... young girls and children stand before them , and all be- haved in the most quiet and orderly manner possible . make on reaching the water , and cast away after landing on the opposite side . The tribe is very numerous , but the ...
... young girls and children stand before them , and all be- haved in the most quiet and orderly manner possible . make on reaching the water , and cast away after landing on the opposite side . The tribe is very numerous , but the ...
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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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