Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... the crevice . ' Thus , in savage regions , or in countries exposed to fre- quent convulsions , man is prepared to struggle with the beasts of the forest , to deliver himself from the jaws of 6 . COMMERCE OF ANGOSTURA , the crocodile , and.
... the crevice . ' Thus , in savage regions , or in countries exposed to fre- quent convulsions , man is prepared to struggle with the beasts of the forest , to deliver himself from the jaws of 6 . COMMERCE OF ANGOSTURA , the crocodile , and.
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... forest rising from the bosom of the waters . The navigator , in proceeding along the channels of the delta of the Orinoco at night , sees with surprise the summit of the palm - trees illumined by large fires . These are the habitations ...
... forest rising from the bosom of the waters . The navigator , in proceeding along the channels of the delta of the Orinoco at night , sees with surprise the summit of the palm - trees illumined by large fires . These are the habitations ...
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... forests of the Upper Orinoco and the Rio Negro , appeared to me to exceed 90 or 100 inches annually . Such of the natives , therefore , as have lived beneath the misty sky of the Esmeralda and the Atabapo , know , without the smallest ...
... forests of the Upper Orinoco and the Rio Negro , appeared to me to exceed 90 or 100 inches annually . Such of the natives , therefore , as have lived beneath the misty sky of the Esmeralda and the Atabapo , know , without the smallest ...
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... forests north of the line the rains are earlier than in the less woody plains of the southern torrid zone . To this local cause is joined another , which acts perhaps equally on the tardy swellings of the Nile . The Amazon receives a ...
... forests north of the line the rains are earlier than in the less woody plains of the southern torrid zone . To this local cause is joined another , which acts perhaps equally on the tardy swellings of the Nile . The Amazon receives a ...
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... forests become impenetrable only on advancing toward the south ; on the north are meadows intersected with woody hills . The most picturesque scenes lie near the falls of the Carony , and in that chain of moun- tains , two hundred and ...
... forests become impenetrable only on advancing toward the south ; on the north are meadows intersected with woody hills . The most picturesque scenes lie near the falls of the Carony , and in that chain of moun- tains , two hundred and ...
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