A Voyage Up the River Amazon: Including a Residence at ParáD. Appleton, 1847 - 256 sider |
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... streams about Pará , and , indeed , throughout the whole northern part of the conti- nent , and they often attain great size . One that we afterwards saw at Senhor Pombo's , was about six feet long , and five or six inches in diameter ...
... streams about Pará , and , indeed , throughout the whole northern part of the conti- nent , and they often attain great size . One that we afterwards saw at Senhor Pombo's , was about six feet long , and five or six inches in diameter ...
Side 23
... streams , now known as the Guamá , the Acará , and the Mojú , for a city , that should there- after be a glory to our Lady of Belem . Our Lady is still the patron saint , but the name of her city is almost entirely for- gotten in that ...
... streams , now known as the Guamá , the Acará , and the Mojú , for a city , that should there- after be a glory to our Lady of Belem . Our Lady is still the patron saint , but the name of her city is almost entirely for- gotten in that ...
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... streams , of our own home . The Rua da Mangabeiras is deservedly a favorite walk in summer , and in the early morning , or after sunset , it is con- stantly thronged with groups of joyous citizens . Another delightful walk , as well as ...
... streams , of our own home . The Rua da Mangabeiras is deservedly a favorite walk in summer , and in the early morning , or after sunset , it is con- stantly thronged with groups of joyous citizens . Another delightful walk , as well as ...
Side 42
... stream , which was to carry us to our destina- tion . But our two white sailors were lazy scoundrels , and we did not feel sufficiently acquainted with the language , or ac- customed to the ways of the country , to give them the ...
... stream , which was to carry us to our destina- tion . But our two white sailors were lazy scoundrels , and we did not feel sufficiently acquainted with the language , or ac- customed to the ways of the country , to give them the ...
Side 43
... stream , where we were anchored , was narrow ; tall trees drooped over the water , or mangroves shot out their long finger - like branches into the mud below . Huge bats were skimming past , night - birds were calling in strange voices ...
... stream , where we were anchored , was narrow ; tall trees drooped over the water , or mangroves shot out their long finger - like branches into the mud below . Huge bats were skimming past , night - birds were calling in strange voices ...
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A Voyage Up the River Amazon: Including a Residence at Pará William Henry Edwards Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1847 |
A Voyage Up the River Amazon: Including a Residence at Pará William Henry Edwards Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1847 |
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50 cents Amazon Ampullaria animals arrived bank Barra beautiful birds boat Brazil Brazilian breakfast brought cabin cacao called campo canoe cárapanás cashaça cattle cents cloth color crossed Curassow delightful distance early eggs Egrets farinha feet fish flocks flowers forest fruit galliota grass green ground hammocks Harpy Eagle Herons hundred Ibises igaripé inches Indians island Jungcal labor Lady land leaves length Macapá macaws mandioca Marajo miles mill monkey montaria morning nests New-York night obtained ourselves pair palm Paper cover Pará parrots passed plantation plumage Portuguese province resembling Rio Negro river Santarem scarcely season seemed seen Senhor Serpa shells shore shot side sitio soon species spot stream tail thing tide Tocantins Toco Toucan town trees tribe turtle variety vessel vicinity Villa Nova voyage wind woods yellow young
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Side 76 - Negro that the guaribas or howling monkeys are in the habit of breaking them by striking them upon stones or the limbs of iron-like trees. This friend related an amusing incident of which he had been witness, where the monkey, forgetful of...