This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1830 Excerpt: ...changes to refulgent yellow. They generally haVe the tongue very ong, the legs exceedingly short, and the eyes black. Their principal aliment is the juice or honey of flowers, which they extract, not as the bee, but in the same manner as the butterfly. Some of them have the tongue cleft."--Henderson' History of Brazil. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1830 Excerpt: ...changes to refulgent yellow. They generally haVe the tongue very ong, the legs exceedingly short, and the eyes black. Their principal aliment is the juice or honey of flowers, which they extract, not as the bee, but in the same manner as the butterfly. Some of them have the tongue cleft."--Henderson' History of Brazil. Appendix, pp. 509, 10. and the blood-sucking bats hover Like phantoms in the profound darkness of the night." Many of these inhabitants of the forests are much more interesting to the naturalist than welcome or pleasing company to the traveller. In Brazil, man has much less to fear from wild beasts than from reptiles, the species of which are almost innumerable, and the greater part are venomous. This, together with the plague of mosquitoes and other winged enemies, must be admitted to form some drawback on the beauty and luxurious temperature of the climate.-J-As the ground, however, becomes cleared, and Von Spix, vol. i. pp. 239--49. t " The finest orange groves frequently fall a prey to the brown ants, which gnaw off the bark, or to the mole crickets, which devour the roots. The young mandiocca and sugar plantations are often invaded, stripped of their leaves, and laid waste by similar enemies in incredible numbers, or deprived of their roots by the wasps which live under ground. But even when the crop has happily reached maturity, the owner must share it with many foreign guests. Swarms of monkeys, flocks of parrots and other birds, attack the plantations; the paca, agouti, and other kinds of wild swine, eat up the leaves, stalks, and fruits; and myriads oftenthredoes injure the crop. The planter himself, particularly if he has just arrived from Europe, and is unaccustomed to this climate, has many hard trials to undergo fr...
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New in New jacket. Lang: -eng, Pages 362. It is the reprint edition of the original edition which was published long back (1825). The book is printed in black on high quality paper with Matt Laminated colored dust cover. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. We tried to manage the best possible copy but in some cases, there may be some pages which are blur or missing or with black spots. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. Print on Demand.
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New in New jacket. Lang: -English, Pages 374. It is the reprint edition of the original edition which was published long back (1825). The book is printed in black on high quality paper with Matt Laminated colored dust cover. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. We tried to manage the best possible copy but in some cases, there may be some pages which are blur or missing or with black spots. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. Print on Demand.
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New in New jacket. Lang: -eng, Pages 362. It is the reprint edition of the original edition which was published long back (1825). The book is printed in black on high quality paper with Matt Laminated colored dust cover. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. We tried to manage the best possible copy but in some cases, there may be some pages which are blur or missing or with black spots. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. Print on Demand.
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New in New jacket. Lang: -English, Pages 374. It is the reprint edition of the original edition which was published long back (1825). The book is printed in black on high quality paper with Matt Laminated colored dust cover. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. We tried to manage the best possible copy but in some cases, there may be some pages which are blur or missing or with black spots. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. Print on Demand.
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New in New jacket. Lang: -eng, Pages 362. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Screen Printing on round Spine Marble Paper in front, look like old binding (extra customization on request like complete leather, Golden Screen printing in Front, Color Leather, Colored book etc. ) Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back [1825]. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set, then it is only single volume. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Print on Demand.
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New in New jacket. Lang: -English, Pages 374. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Screen Printing on round Spine Marble Paper in front, look like old binding (extra customization on request like complete leather, Golden Screen printing in Front, Color Leather, Colored book etc. ) Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back [1825]. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set, then it is only single volume. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Print on Demand.
