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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... close range with what was thought to be a small charge of No. XI shot . The specimen was not found at once , but as it was the first of the kind obtained ( and has since proved to be of a new species ) , the search was persisted in ...
... close range with what was thought to be a small charge of No. XI shot . The specimen was not found at once , but as it was the first of the kind obtained ( and has since proved to be of a new species ) , the search was persisted in ...
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... close to it ; several of the red - hot stones rolled down the sides of the cone and bounded a consider- able way beyond us . . . . Those parts of the island that are distant from the volcano are thinly covered with withered shrubs and ...
... close to it ; several of the red - hot stones rolled down the sides of the cone and bounded a consider- able way beyond us . . . . Those parts of the island that are distant from the volcano are thinly covered with withered shrubs and ...
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... 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 storeys in height - stretching from a common ...
... 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 storeys in height - stretching from a common ...
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... close to hand , since the woods used ( padouk for the planking and pyimma for frames ) are obtained from the neighbouring forests . Some years ago Phoenix Bay was a swamp , but now large , brick , steam workshops and wooden sheds of the ...
... close to hand , since the woods used ( padouk for the planking and pyimma for frames ) are obtained from the neighbouring forests . Some years ago Phoenix Bay was a swamp , but now large , brick , steam workshops and wooden sheds of the ...
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... close the intervals among the trees with a thorny network of vegetation , and compel the intruder to go where he can and not where he will . Mighty trees towered upwards , branches interlacing and shutting out the sun , while down below ...
... close the intervals among the trees with a thorny network of vegetation , and compel the intruder to go where he can and not where he will . Mighty trees towered upwards , branches interlacing and shutting out the sun , while down below ...
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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