A Voyage Up the River Amazon Including a Residence At Par
A Voyage Up the River Amazon Including a Residence At Par
William Henry Edwards
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The Senhor described it as a beautiful, roll- ing country, in many parts high, and covered by forests of magnificent growth. It was uninfested by carapanas, and never visited by fevers ; nor were there troublesome Indians to molest settlers. The Senhor gave us the skin of a large black monkey, which he had killed during this excursion, and the nest and eggs of a White-collared Hummer, the Trochilus melivorus. The nest was composed of the light down growing upon the exterior of a small berry, an...d surpassed any thing we had seen in bird architecture. The eggs were tiny things, white, with a few spots of red. The Rio Branco is another interesting stream, which sends its wealth to Barra. Its head waters are in the highlands, towards Guiana, and it flows through one of the loveliest and most desirable regions of tropical America. There are many 186 A VOYAGE UP THE RIVER AMAZON. settlements upon its banks, and an extensive traffic is carried on in cattle and produce. Far up among the mountains, at the head of this river, is found the Marapanima, or Turtle wood, specimens of which may sometimes be seen made into canes.
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