The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-utan, and the Bird of Paradise : a Narrative of Travel, with Studies of Man and NatureHarper & Brother, 1885 - 638 páginas |
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... hand out of solid bars of iron . At this tedious operation they may be seen every day , and they manage to finish off a gun with a flint lock very handsomely . All about the streets are sellers of water , vege- tables , fruit , soup ...
... hand out of solid bars of iron . At this tedious operation they may be seen every day , and they manage to finish off a gun with a flint lock very handsomely . All about the streets are sellers of water , vege- tables , fruit , soup ...
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... hand , birds were abundant , and I was at once introduced to the rich ornithological treasures of the Malayan region . The very first time I fired my gun I brought down one of the most curious and beautiful of the Malacca birds , the ...
... hand , birds were abundant , and I was at once introduced to the rich ornithological treasures of the Malayan region . The very first time I fired my gun I brought down one of the most curious and beautiful of the Malacca birds , the ...
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... hand - climbing . Besides a bushy veg- etation , the ground was covered knee - deep with mosses on a foundation of decaying leaves and rugged rock , and it was a hard hour's climb to the small ledge just below the sum- mit , where an ...
... hand - climbing . Besides a bushy veg- etation , the ground was covered knee - deep with mosses on a foundation of decaying leaves and rugged rock , and it was a hard hour's climb to the small ledge just below the sum- mit , where an ...
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... hand , tell- ing me to cut a pole , and they would secure it . But although one arm was broken , and it was only a half - grown animal , it was too strong for these young savages , drawing them up toward its mouth notwithstanding all ...
... hand , tell- ing me to cut a pole , and they would secure it . But although one arm was broken , and it was only a half - grown animal , it was too strong for these young savages , drawing them up toward its mouth notwithstanding all ...
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... hands and throwing them down , and then soon made FEMALE ORANG UTAN . ( From a Photograph . ) off over the tree - tops . I did not care to follow it , as it was swampy , and in parts dangerous , and I might easily have lost myself in ...
... hands and throwing them down , and then soon made FEMALE ORANG UTAN . ( From a Photograph . ) off over the tree - tops . I did not care to follow it , as it was swampy , and in parts dangerous , and I might easily have lost myself in ...
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abundant Alfuros allied Amboyna animal Archipelago Aru Islands Australia bamboo Batchian beautiful beetles birds of paradise boat Borneo Bouru brought Bugis butterflies Celebes Ceram chief close coast coffee collections color coral cultivated curious district Dutch Dyaks east European feathers feet high forest fruit Galela genus Gilolo ground Guinea hills hundred inches inhabitants insects island Java Javanese land leaves Lombock luxuriant Macassar Malacca Malay Malay Archipelago Malay race male Menado mias miles Moluccas morning mountain Mysol native never night obtained orang Papilio Papuan paradise birds passed peculiar plants plumage Portuguese praus produce race Rajah rare reached resembling rice river rock scarce seems seen side skin soon species specimens spot staid stay stream Sumatra tail Ternate thing Tidore Timor tion trees tropical vegetation village volcanic Waigiou walk whole wind wings
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