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 ix
... 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 Bay ...
... 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 Bay ...
Page xii
... Coral Banks - Scenery - Har- bours - Timber - Flora - Climate - Cyclones - Geology — Minerals— Subsidence - Earthquakes — History - Aborigines — Convicts and the Penal System - Growth and Resources of the Settlement - Products and ...
... Coral Banks - Scenery - Har- bours - Timber - Flora - Climate - Cyclones - Geology — Minerals— Subsidence - Earthquakes — History - Aborigines — Convicts and the Penal System - Growth and Resources of the Settlement - Products and ...
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... Coral Reefs - Parrots - Two New Rats - Inhabitants . WE were six days out from land before Barren Island hove in sight . Since New Year's Day , * when we got up anchor amongst the islands of the Mergui Archipelago , the schooner had ...
... Coral Reefs - Parrots - Two New Rats - Inhabitants . WE were six days out from land before Barren Island hove in sight . Since New Year's Day , * when we got up anchor amongst the islands of the Mergui Archipelago , the schooner had ...
Page 9
... coral bottom , 10 fathoms down , was plainly visible . A rough wall of lava about a dozen feet high stretches across the opening , and to the left of this , among the stones and boulders of the shore , we found , below high - water mark ...
... coral bottom , 10 fathoms down , was plainly visible . A rough wall of lava about a dozen feet high stretches across the opening , and to the left of this , among the stones and boulders of the shore , we found , below high - water mark ...
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... coral between ourselves and the water , with the dinghy high and dry , so , after making it fast to the mangroves , we picked a way across the reef and hailed the schooner for another boat . These coral - reefs , although their beauty ...
... coral between ourselves and the water , with the dinghy high and dry , so , after making it fast to the mangroves , we picked a way across the reef and hailed the schooner for another boat . These coral - reefs , although their beauty ...
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