The western world. Picturesque sketches of nature and natural history in North and South America (1874)
Kingston, William Henry Giles, 1814-1880 · London, New York [etc.] T. Nelson and Sons · leaf 317
314 THE GAPO, region in his canoe, passing through small streams, lakes, and swamps, scraping the tree trunks, and stooping to pass be- tween the leaves of the prickly palms, now level with the water—though raised on stems forty feet high—while every- where round him stretches out an illimitable… … maze, by shght indications of broken twigs or scraped bark, he finds his way with unerring certainty. “ This curious region,” says Wallace, “extends from a little above Santarem to the contines of Peru, a distance of about 1700 miles; and varies in width on each side of the river from one to ten or…
Natural history · Natural history -- America
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