My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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Page 271
... forest except at a few places on the banks where some patches of open grass land occur , probably the site of old cultivation and kept open by the grazing of cattle . " The whole of the Para district is wonderfully intersected by ...
... forest except at a few places on the banks where some patches of open grass land occur , probably the site of old cultivation and kept open by the grazing of cattle . " The whole of the Para district is wonderfully intersected by ...
Page 273
... forest - ropes already described , while , as both stem and leaf - stalks split perfectly straight no tools whatever are needed besides the heavy bush - knife which every countryman carries . " The calabash tree supplies excellent ...
... forest - ropes already described , while , as both stem and leaf - stalks split perfectly straight no tools whatever are needed besides the heavy bush - knife which every countryman carries . " The calabash tree supplies excellent ...
Page 274
... forests of the mainland the fine crested curassows and the elegant trumpeters are among the larger ground - feeders . " Lizards swarm everywhere in a variety of strange forms -the curious geckos , which can walk about the ceilings by ...
... forests of the mainland the fine crested curassows and the elegant trumpeters are among the larger ground - feeders . " Lizards swarm everywhere in a variety of strange forms -the curious geckos , which can walk about the ceilings by ...
Page 277
... forests high and gloomy , Where never a ray of sun Can pierce its way to enter Those shades so thick and dun . The cry of parrots overhead , The toucan with his bill , — All breathe to us in whispers That we are in Brazil . " And now ...
... forests high and gloomy , Where never a ray of sun Can pierce its way to enter Those shades so thick and dun . The cry of parrots overhead , The toucan with his bill , — All breathe to us in whispers That we are in Brazil . " And now ...
Page 279
... forest for many miles round . This peculiarity of vegetation was accompanied by an equal peculiarity of insect life , especially in the butterflies , which were almost all different from any I had found at Para , and many of them ...
... forest for many miles round . This peculiarity of vegetation was accompanied by an equal peculiarity of insect life , especially in the butterflies , which were almost all different from any I had found at Para , and many of them ...
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