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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... at 84 ° or so in the shade , necessitates for any comfort a very different arrangement from what would be fitting at home . Whenever possible , the boat , while A anchored , is covered with awnings from stem to stern.
... at 84 ° or so in the shade , necessitates for any comfort a very different arrangement from what would be fitting at home . Whenever possible , the boat , while A anchored , is covered with awnings from stem to stern.
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... covered with awnings from stem to stern . Under the hatch are a large saloon , two cabins , pantry , etc. The crew - five ordinary seamen , a serang ( boatswain ) , and sailing - master - are Malays ; for natives are far more ...
... covered with awnings from stem to stern . Under the hatch are a large saloon , two cabins , pantry , etc. The crew - five ordinary seamen , a serang ( boatswain ) , and sailing - master - are Malays ; for natives are far more ...
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... covered with tall bamboo grass and various kinds of low bushes . On the inner slopes of the crater , the south and east sides , which are of rocky formation , support a certain amount of small forest , in which we quickly noticed the ...
... covered with tall bamboo grass and various kinds of low bushes . On the inner slopes of the crater , the south and east sides , which are of rocky formation , support a certain amount of small forest , in which we quickly noticed the ...
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... covered with withered shrubs and blasted trees . " A few years later Horsburgh records an explosion every ten minutes , and a fire of considerable extent burning on the eastern side of the crater . In the next thirty years , the remote ...
... covered with withered shrubs and blasted trees . " A few years later Horsburgh records an explosion every ten minutes , and a fire of considerable extent burning on the eastern side of the crater . In the next thirty years , the remote ...
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... Island , and with a fair though moderate breeze , which , however , soon drew round against us , covered the 36 miles to the Andamans proper , PATH - MAKING 15 and anchored before noon next day 14 BARREN ISLAND AND ARCHIPELAGO.
... Island , and with a fair though moderate breeze , which , however , soon drew round against us , covered the 36 miles to the Andamans proper , PATH - MAKING 15 and anchored before noon next day 14 BARREN ISLAND AND ARCHIPELAGO.
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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