My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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Page 307
... name given by our kind host , Señor Henrique , at Barra to dried pirarucú , meaning " faithful friend , " always at hand when other food failed . morning the wind abated , but the ship , which XX ] 307 LONDON : VOYAGE TO SINGAPORE.
... name given by our kind host , Señor Henrique , at Barra to dried pirarucú , meaning " faithful friend , " always at hand when other food failed . morning the wind abated , but the ship , which XX ] 307 LONDON : VOYAGE TO SINGAPORE.
Page 309
... the floor of the cabin when rough . On the worst night of the storm I saw him , to my surprise , bring down an axe and lay it beside him , and on asking what it was for , he replied , " XX ] 309 LONDON : VOYAGE TO SINGAPORE.
... the floor of the cabin when rough . On the worst night of the storm I saw him , to my surprise , bring down an axe and lay it beside him , and on asking what it was for , he replied , " XX ] 309 LONDON : VOYAGE TO SINGAPORE.
Page 311
... ) , giving him a short account of my voyage home ; and a few months later he received a reply from him . He was a Portuguese trader who had been many years resident in the upper Rio Negro XX ] 311 LONDON : VOYAGE TO SINGAPORE.
... ) , giving him a short account of my voyage home ; and a few months later he received a reply from him . He was a Portuguese trader who had been many years resident in the upper Rio Negro XX ] 311 LONDON : VOYAGE TO SINGAPORE.
Page 313
... to their distribution and uses . I had also a large number of drawings of fish , as already stated , carefully made to scale , with notes of their colours , their dentition , and XX ] LONDON : VOYAGE TO SINGAPORE 313.
... to their distribution and uses . I had also a large number of drawings of fish , as already stated , carefully made to scale , with notes of their colours , their dentition , and XX ] LONDON : VOYAGE TO SINGAPORE 313.
Page 315
... inhabited the Uaupés river has not been found , and may probably have been confounded by my informants with the white bell - bird , During the two ascents and descents of the Rio Negro XX ] 315 LONDON : VOYAGE TO SINGAPORE.
... inhabited the Uaupés river has not been found , and may probably have been confounded by my informants with the white bell - bird , During the two ascents and descents of the Rio Negro XX ] 315 LONDON : VOYAGE TO SINGAPORE.
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