Travels in South AmericaC. Bentham, 1822 - 180 páginas |
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... River Lee , they passed the last point of land at about nine in the evening and it was long after it had ceased to be visible , that William , who never quitted the deck , but with an interest only to be under- stood by those who for ...
... River Lee , they passed the last point of land at about nine in the evening and it was long after it had ceased to be visible , that William , who never quitted the deck , but with an interest only to be under- stood by those who for ...
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... river , and the clear blue of the sky , made a most animated landscape ; but the hurry and bustle around , did not allow him to rest long upon these objects . In a short time every one that could , had left the ship and gone ashore ...
... river , and the clear blue of the sky , made a most animated landscape ; but the hurry and bustle around , did not allow him to rest long upon these objects . In a short time every one that could , had left the ship and gone ashore ...
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... river Manzanares . The port is capable of receiving all the navies of Europe ; and the whole of the gulph of Caraco , which is thirty five miles long , and sixty - eight wide , affords excellent anchorage . The hurricanes of the West ...
... river Manzanares . The port is capable of receiving all the navies of Europe ; and the whole of the gulph of Caraco , which is thirty five miles long , and sixty - eight wide , affords excellent anchorage . The hurricanes of the West ...
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... keep those dangerous reptiles , the crocodiles , in the ditches of their fortified places . But nothing surprised Philips more than the time the natives passed in the small river Man- zanares , which flows into the sea at Cumana , 31.
... keep those dangerous reptiles , the crocodiles , in the ditches of their fortified places . But nothing surprised Philips more than the time the natives passed in the small river Man- zanares , which flows into the sea at Cumana , 31.
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... river gave them , was the great- est luxury . The children might be said to pass a great part of their lives in the water ; and even the women , from the lowest to the highest rank , knew how to swim . Indeed , so much do the people ...
... river gave them , was the great- est luxury . The children might be said to pass a great part of their lives in the water ; and even the women , from the lowest to the highest rank , knew how to swim . Indeed , so much do the people ...
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Página 26 - I kept lights at the mast-head, and a constant watch forward to look out for fishing smacks, which are accustomed to lie at anchor on the Banks. The wind was blowing a smacking breeze, and we were going at a great rate through the water. Suddenly the watch gave the alarm of
Página 42 - ... the storm by which they are overtaken. They are driven back by the Indians into the middle of the water; but a small number succeed in eluding the active vigilance of the fishermen. These regain the shore, stumbling at every step, and stretch themselves on the sand, exhausted with fatigue, and their limbs benumbed by the electric shocks of the gymnoti.
Página 41 - A contest between animals of so different an organization furnishes a very striking spectacle. The Indians, provided with harpoons and long slender reeds, surround the pool closely ; and some climb upon the trees, the branches of which extend horizontally over the surface of the water. By their wild cries, and the length of their reeds, they prevent the horses from running away, and reaching the bank of the pool. The eels, stunned by the noise, defend themselves by the repeated discharge of their...
Página 27 - The blast that bore it to our ears swept us out of all further hearing. I shall never forget that cry ! It was some time before we could put the ship about, she was under such headway. We returned, as nearly as we could guess, to the place where the smack had anchored.
Página 177 - ... enormous wings, which keeps one cool, he bites a piece out of the tip of the great toe, so very small indeed that the head of a pin could scarcely be received into the wound, which is consequently not painful ; yet through this orifice he continues to suck the blood, until he is obliged to disgorge.
Página 39 - The blacks and natives are then seen hastening from all quarters, furnished with large bowls to receive the milk, which grows yellow, and thickens at its surface. Some empty their bowls under the tree itself, others carry the juice home to their children.
Página 178 - ... pea, causing no further pain than a disagreeable itching. In process of time, its operation appears in the form of a small bladder, in which are deposited thousands of eggs, or nits, and which, if it breaks, produce so many young chigoes...
Página 42 - We had little doubt that the fishing would terminate by killing successively all the animals engaged; but, by degrees, the impetuosity of this unequal combat diminished, and the wearied gymnoti dispersed.
Página 177 - Knowing, by instinct, that the person they intend to attack is in a sound slumber, they generally alight near the feet, where, while the creature continues fanning with his enormous wings, which keeps one cool, he bites a piece out of the tip of the great toe, so very small indeed, that the head of a pin could scarcely be received into the wound, which is consequently not painful ; yet through this orifice he continues...
Página 160 - ... and a marine following with three more loaded firelocks to keep in readiness. We had not gone above twenty yards through mud and water, the negro looking every way with an uncommon degree of vivacity and attention, when starting behind me he called out, " Me see snakee !" and in effect there lay the animal rolled up under the fallen leaves and rubbish of the trees, and so well covered that it was some time before I distinctly perceived the head of this monster, distant from me not above sixteen...