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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... feet long on the water - line , and 16 feet broad , and has been given an almost box - shaped midship section , partly to afford sufficient inside space for the ballast ( iron ) , but principally with the idea that when she takes the ...
... feet long on the water - line , and 16 feet broad , and has been given an almost box - shaped midship section , partly to afford sufficient inside space for the ballast ( iron ) , but principally with the idea that when she takes the ...
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... feet double- ender for four oars , and a beamy 10 - feet dinghy that best carries a crew of three . The schooner steers with a wheel . The Terrapin left Singapore in October 1900 and , subsequent to calling at Penang , cruised off the ...
... feet double- ender for four oars , and a beamy 10 - feet dinghy that best carries a crew of three . The schooner steers with a wheel . The Terrapin left Singapore in October 1900 and , subsequent to calling at Penang , cruised off the ...
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... feet high , frequented by numbers of fruit pigeons . On the north - west side of the island the wall of the old crater has been broken down , and a large gap about a hundred yards wide at the base affords an easy means of access to the ...
... feet high , frequented by numbers of fruit pigeons . On the north - west side of the island the wall of the old crater has been broken down , and a large gap about a hundred yards wide at the base affords an easy means of access to the ...
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... feet above sea level . In the centre of this rises the little cone of slightly truncated form . Symmetrical in outline , 1000 feet high and perhaps 2000 feet in diameter at the base , there is nothing it reminds one of more closely than ...
... feet above sea level . In the centre of this rises the little cone of slightly truncated form . Symmetrical in outline , 1000 feet high and perhaps 2000 feet in diameter at the base , there is nothing it reminds one of more closely than ...
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... feet sank and slipped at every step , and raised at the same time clouds of fine black dust . During the day the heat in the interior was extreme , for the sun's rays beat down upon , and were reflected from , the dark slopes , while ...
... feet sank and slipped at every step , and raised at the same time clouds of fine black dust . During the day the heat in the interior was extreme , for the sun's rays beat down upon , and were reflected from , the dark slopes , while ...
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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