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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... island fauna , were the most interesting subject for investigation . Sixteen new varieties were obtained in the Andamans and Nicobars together , thus raising the known mammalian fauna of those islands from twenty - four to forty ...
... island fauna , were the most interesting subject for investigation . Sixteen new varieties were obtained in the Andamans and Nicobars together , thus raising the known mammalian fauna of those islands from twenty - four to forty ...
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... Islands, Their Fauna, Ethnology, Etc Cecil Boden Kloss. CONTENTS PART I INTRODUCTION The Terrapin - Crew - Itinerary ... ISLAND AND THE ARCHIPELAGO . Shipboard Monotony - Edible Sharks - Calm Nights - Squalls - Barren Island - Appearance ...
... Islands, Their Fauna, Ethnology, Etc Cecil Boden Kloss. CONTENTS PART I INTRODUCTION The Terrapin - Crew - Itinerary ... ISLAND AND THE ARCHIPELAGO . Shipboard Monotony - Edible Sharks - Calm Nights - Squalls - Barren Island - Appearance ...
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... ISLANDS Heavy Surf - Teressa - Bompoka - A Native Legend - Hamilton - Chaura Wizardry - Pottery - Kachal typical of ... Island - Collections - Monkeys- Crabs . CHAPTER XII KONDUL AND GREAT NICOBAR The Anchorage - The Island - Villages ...
... ISLANDS Heavy Surf - Teressa - Bompoka - A Native Legend - Hamilton - Chaura Wizardry - Pottery - Kachal typical of ... Island - Collections - Monkeys- Crabs . CHAPTER XII KONDUL AND GREAT NICOBAR The Anchorage - The Island - Villages ...
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... Island -Chang - ngeh - Up the Galathea River - Water - We leave the Nico- bars and sail to Sumatra . PAGE 154 PART II CHAPTER I THE ANDAMAN ISLANDS AND THEIR INHABITANTS Position - - - - Soundings — Relationship — Islands — Area — Great ...
... Island -Chang - ngeh - Up the Galathea River - Water - We leave the Nico- bars and sail to Sumatra . PAGE 154 PART II CHAPTER I THE ANDAMAN ISLANDS AND THEIR INHABITANTS Position - - - - Soundings — Relationship — Islands — Area — Great ...
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... ISLANDS , 1901 336 339 342 E. GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS AT PORT BLAIR 343 F. - MEASUREMENTS OF SOME ANDAMANESE MET AT RUTLAND ISLAND • G. - PRINCIPAL FLORA OF THE NICOBARS 344 345 H. - CENSUS , NICOBAR ISLANDS , 1901 AND 1886 . I. - TRADE ...
... ISLANDS , 1901 336 339 342 E. GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS AT PORT BLAIR 343 F. - MEASUREMENTS OF SOME ANDAMANESE MET AT RUTLAND ISLAND • G. - PRINCIPAL FLORA OF THE NICOBARS 344 345 H. - CENSUS , NICOBAR ISLANDS , 1901 AND 1886 . I. - TRADE ...
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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