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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Page vii
... birds . All the collecting and preparation was done by my companion , whose guest I was , and myself , for we were accompanied by no native assistants or hunters . Broadly speaking , one half of the day passed in obtain- ing specimens ...
... birds . All the collecting and preparation was done by my companion , whose guest I was , and myself , for we were accompanied by no native assistants or hunters . Broadly speaking , one half of the day passed in obtain- ing specimens ...
Page viii
... birds obtained , which , however , up to the present , have not received specific designations . I have also to gratefully acknowledge the help rendered me by Mr E. H. Man , C.I.E. , who , besides volunteering to read through the proof ...
... birds obtained , which , however , up to the present , have not received specific designations . I have also to gratefully acknowledge the help rendered me by Mr E. H. Man , C.I.E. , who , besides volunteering to read through the proof ...
Page ix
... Birds - Coral Reefs― Parrots - Two New Rats -Inhabitants . CHAPTER II PAGE I 9 PORT BLAIR We enter the Harbour - Surveillance - Ross Island Pastimes - Visit the Chief Commissioner - The Harbour - Cellular Jail - Lime - kilns - Phoenix ...
... Birds - Coral Reefs― Parrots - Two New Rats -Inhabitants . CHAPTER II PAGE I 9 PORT BLAIR We enter the Harbour - Surveillance - Ross Island Pastimes - Visit the Chief Commissioner - The Harbour - Cellular Jail - Lime - kilns - Phoenix ...
Page x
... Birds - Oil Press - Canoes - Offandi- " Friend of England " " Frank Thomson " . " Little John " -Thirst for Information- Natives ' Nick - names - Mission School Boys ' Work - A Truant - The Advantage of Canoes - A Spill - Our Method of ...
... Birds - Oil Press - Canoes - Offandi- " Friend of England " " Frank Thomson " . " Little John " -Thirst for Information- Natives ' Nick - names - Mission School Boys ' Work - A Truant - The Advantage of Canoes - A Spill - Our Method of ...
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... Birds -The Harbour - Appearance of Kamorta - Dring Harbour - Ŏlta - möit -Buffalo - Spirit Traffic - Cookery - Ceremonial Dress - A Visit from Tanamara - Geology - Flora - Topography - Population - Hamilton's Description . CHAPTER X ...
... Birds -The Harbour - Appearance of Kamorta - Dring Harbour - Ŏlta - möit -Buffalo - Spirit Traffic - Cookery - Ceremonial Dress - A Visit from Tanamara - Geology - Flora - Topography - Population - Hamilton's Description . CHAPTER X ...
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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