Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I PARA
- CHAPTER II PARA
- CHAPTER III PARÁ
- CHAPTER IV THE TOCANTINS AND CAMETÁ
- CHAPTER V CARIPÍ AND THE BAY OF MARAJÓ
- CHAPTER VI THE LOWER AMAZONS—PARÁ TO OBYDOS
- CHAPTER VII THE LOWER AMAZONS—OBYDOS TO MANAOS, OR THE BARRA OF THE RIO NEGRO
- CHAPTER VIII SANTAREM
- CHAPTER IX VOYAGE UP THE TAPAJOS
- CHAPTER X THE UPPER AMAZONS—VOYAGE TO EGA
- CHAPTER XI EXCURSIONS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF EGA
- CHAPTER XII ANIMALS OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF EGA
- CHAPTER XIII EXCURSIONS BEYOND EGA
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I PARA
- CHAPTER II PARA
- CHAPTER III PARÁ
- CHAPTER IV THE TOCANTINS AND CAMETÁ
- CHAPTER V CARIPÍ AND THE BAY OF MARAJÓ
- CHAPTER VI THE LOWER AMAZONS—PARÁ TO OBYDOS
- CHAPTER VII THE LOWER AMAZONS—OBYDOS TO MANAOS, OR THE BARRA OF THE RIO NEGRO
- CHAPTER VIII SANTAREM
- CHAPTER IX VOYAGE UP THE TAPAJOS
- CHAPTER X THE UPPER AMAZONS—VOYAGE TO EGA
- CHAPTER XI EXCURSIONS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF EGA
- CHAPTER XII ANIMALS OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF EGA
- CHAPTER XIII EXCURSIONS BEYOND EGA
- Index
Summary
After having resided about a fortnight at Mr. Miller's rocinha, we heard of another similar country-house to be let, much better situated for our purpose, in the village of Nazareth, a mile and a half from the city, and close to the forest. The owner was an old Portuguese gentleman named Danin, who lived at his tile manufactory at the mouth of the Una, a small river lying two miles below Pará. We resolved to walk to his place through the forest, a distance of three miles, although the road was said to be scarcely passable at this season of the year, and the Una much more easily accessible by boat. We were glad, however, of this early opportunity of traversing the rich swampy forest, which we had admired so much from the deck of the ship; so, about eleven o'clock one sunny morning, after procuring the necessary information about the road, we set off in that direction. This part of the forest afterwards became one of my best hunting-grounds. I will narrate the incidents of the walk, giving my first impressions and some remarks on the wonderful vegetation. The forest is very similar on most of the low lands, and therefore one description will do for all.
On leaving the town, we walked along a straight suburban road, constructed above the level of the surrounding land. It had low swampy ground on each side, built upon, however, and containing several spacious rocinhas, which were embowered in magnificent foliage.
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- The Naturalist on the River AmazonA Record of Adventures, Habits of Animals, Sketches of Brazilian and Indian Life, and Aspects of Nature under the Equator, during Eleven Years of Travel, pp. 19 - 41Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009First published in: 1873