In the Andamans and Nicobars: The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin", with Notices of the Islands, Their Fauna, Ethnology, EtcJ. Murray, 1903 - 373 pages |
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... wants ? The working man of colder climates , by eight and even twelve hours ' occupation , obtains no more , and often less . The others are the true lotos - eaters , and when one is amongst them one often feels , as doubtless they do.
... wants ? The working man of colder climates , by eight and even twelve hours ' occupation , obtains no more , and often less . The others are the true lotos - eaters , and when one is amongst them one often feels , as doubtless they do.
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... amongst them one often feels , as doubtless they do themselves , could they formulate their sensations : 66 ' ... Why should we toil alone , We only toil who are the first of things , And make perpetual moan , Still from one sorrow to ...
... amongst them one often feels , as doubtless they do themselves , could they formulate their sensations : 66 ' ... Why should we toil alone , We only toil who are the first of things , And make perpetual moan , Still from one sorrow to ...
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... amongst the islands of the Mergui Archipelago , the schooner had been carried by the lightest of breezes towards the Andamans . The days slipped by , each one as monotonous as its predecessor ; there was no change in the wind , save ...
... amongst the islands of the Mergui Archipelago , the schooner had been carried by the lightest of breezes towards the Andamans . The days slipped by , each one as monotonous as its predecessor ; there was no change in the wind , save ...
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... amongst which graceful palms and traveller's trees stand prominently forth ; and lower still , near the sea , are the treasury , commissariat stores , and other Government buildings . The whole place - in itself of much natural beauty ...
... amongst which graceful palms and traveller's trees stand prominently forth ; and lower still , near the sea , are the treasury , commissariat stores , and other Government buildings . The whole place - in itself of much natural beauty ...
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... amongst the European community . Passing first close by the suburb of Aberdeen , which is on the mainland just opposite Ross , we obtained a good view of the Cellular Jail , a huge building of red - brown bricks , with long arms - three ...
... amongst the European community . Passing first close by the suburb of Aberdeen , which is on the mainland just opposite Ross , we obtained a good view of the Cellular Jail , a huge building of red - brown bricks , with long arms - three ...
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aborigines amongst anchored Andaman and Nicobar Andamanese appearance Arakan Archipelago ashore Asiatic bamboo Beach forest birds boat Burmese canoe Captain ceremony Chaura Chinese cloth coast coco palms coconuts colour convict coral cotton covered crew dancing Elpanam face fathoms feast feet fish Friend of England fruit Galathea head headman houses Hume inches Indian inhabitants interior Jarawas jungle Kachal Kamorta Kar Nicobar Kondul land latter Linn Little Andaman Little Nicobar mafai Malacca Malay Malayan mangroves megapode miles monsoon Mūs Nancowry Nankauri Harbour natives Nicobar Islands Nicobarese night obtained Öngés palm leaves pandanus pigs Port Blair possess Pulo Milo rattan reef round rowed Rutland Island sail schooner seemed Settlement ship Shom Pen shore side spears species specimens spirits Sumatra tamiluanas Tanamara Teressa Terrapin Tilanchong trade trees Trinkat vessel village voyage wind women wood yards نے