Exploration of the valley of the Amazon, made under direction of the Navy department, by W.L. Herndon and L. Gibbon. [With] Maps, Parte1Robert Washington, 1853 |
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Amazon arrived arroba ascend Barra boat Brazil Brazilian called Calm canoe cargo carried Castelnau Cerro Pasco Chanchamayo Chasuta cirrus clouds commenced Conibos Cordillera cotton cultivation cumulus clouds Cuzco distance Egas eight feet five four gave Gibbon give governor hacienda half cents heavy hills hour Huallaga Huallaga River Huanuco hundred and fifty Ijurra Indians inhabitants island labor lake land Light air Light breeze Lima maize miles mines Moderate breeze Montaña mountains mouth Moyobamba mules Mundrucus musquitoes Nauta navigation nearly Negro night Noon padre Pará passed peons Peru Peruvian port pounds province Purus rain right bank river road rock Santarem Sarayacu sarsaparilla seemed Shapaja shore squall of wind stratus clouds stream Tabatinga Tapajos Tarapoto Tarma thousand dollars Ticunas Tingo Maria told town traveller trees tributaries twelve twenty twenty-five Ucayali valley village wood yards
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Página 353 - The castled Crag of Drachenfels Frowns o'er the wide and winding Rhine, Whose breast of waters broadly swells Between the banks which bear the vine ; And hills all rich with blossomed trees, And fields which promise corn and wine, And scattered cities crowning these, Whose far white walls along them shine, Have strewed a scene, which I should see With double joy wert thou with me.
Página 330 - The extraordinary noise caused by the horses' hoofs makes the fish issue from the mud, and excites them to combat. These yellowish and livid eels resemble large aquatic serpents, swim on the surface of the water, and crowd under the bellies of the horses and mules. A contest between animals of so different an organization furnishes a very striking spectacle.
Página 331 - Others, panting, with mane erect, and haggard eyes, expressing anguish, raise themselves, and endeavour to flee from 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 348 - State shall have been gratuitous, or in return for a compensation as nearly as possible of proportionate value and effect, to be adjusted by mutual agreement, if the concession shall have been conditional.
Página 348 - ... grant any favor, privilege, or immunity whatever, in matters of commerce and navigation, to other nations, which shall not be also immediately extended to the citizens of the other contracting party, who shall enjoy the same, gratuitously, if the concession shall have been gratuitous, or on giving a compensation as nearly as possible of proportionate value and effect, to be adjusted by mutual agreement, if the concession shall have been conditional.
Página 80 - Without it, he is miserable and will not work. It is said to be a powerful stimulant to the nervous system, and, like strong coffee or tea, to take away sleep; but, unlike tobacco and other stimulants, no one has known it to be injurious to the health. Von Tschudi thinks that an immoderate use of it is injurious, but that, taken in moderation, it is in no way detrimental to health; and that without it the Peruvian Indian, with his spare diet, would be incapable of going through the labor which he...
Página 221 - Knight Pensioner of the Royal and Distinguished Spanish Order of Charles the Third, Member of the Supreme Assembly of the said Royal Order; of the Council of His Catholic Majesty; his Secretary, with Exercise of Decrees, and His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary near the United States of America.
Página 24 - ... its climate, soil, and productions; but also to its capacities for cultivation, and to the character and extent of its undeveloped commercial resources, whether of the field, the forest, the river, or the mine.
Página 164 - ... was comparatively just begun; many a weary month was to elapse ere I should again look upon the familiar face of the sea; and many a time when worn and wearied with the canoe life, did I exclaim, "This river seems interminable.
Página 138 - ... carrying their infant with them. The woman went to the spring to get water, leaving the man in charge of the child, with many cautions to take good care of it. When she arrived at the spring, she found it dried up, and went further to look for another. The husband, alarmed at her long absence, left the child and went in search. When they returned the child was gone; and to their repeated cries, as they wandered through the woods in search, they could get no response save the wailing cry of this...