The Great Mountains and Forests of South AmericaLongmans, Green, and Company, 1902 - 306 pages |
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Page 10
... nearly thirty feet of water . This part of the river was free of islands , but higher up it widened and shoaled again , and the small islands in its course were more scantily wooded than those lower down the stream , and had low sandy ...
... nearly thirty feet of water . This part of the river was free of islands , but higher up it widened and shoaled again , and the small islands in its course were more scantily wooded than those lower down the stream , and had low sandy ...
Page 13
... nearly three hundred yards wide ; but as there were many pools and flooded patches in the neighbourhood , it was difficult to define the exact limits of the banks . There was elevated ground near this place ; and Joseph the Brazilian ...
... nearly three hundred yards wide ; but as there were many pools and flooded patches in the neighbourhood , it was difficult to define the exact limits of the banks . There was elevated ground near this place ; and Joseph the Brazilian ...
Page 16
... nearly four hours to find the canoe , and I feared greatly that we were lost . That would have been a fatal misadventure , for it is certain that no help would ever have reached us in this dreadful solitude , our only comrade being as ...
... nearly four hours to find the canoe , and I feared greatly that we were lost . That would have been a fatal misadventure , for it is certain that no help would ever have reached us in this dreadful solitude , our only comrade being as ...
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... nearly all the provinces of South America ; and I have seen it as far south as the mouth of the Rio Plata , where I am pretty sure that it is a migratory bird . It seems able to accommodate itself to different situations and conditions ...
... nearly all the provinces of South America ; and I have seen it as far south as the mouth of the Rio Plata , where I am pretty sure that it is a migratory bird . It seems able to accommodate itself to different situations and conditions ...
Page 27
... nearly three hundredweight . These enormous fish are easily caught with a rod and line , and show no fight ; and in the Southern States it is quite a common amuse- ment among ladies to go tarpon - fishing . To look at them , one would ...
... nearly three hundredweight . These enormous fish are easily caught with a rod and line , and show no fight ; and in the Southern States it is quite a common amuse- ment among ladies to go tarpon - fishing . To look at them , one would ...
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