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
... Jungle - Birds - 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 ...
... Jungle - Birds - 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 ...
Page xi
... Jungle Life — Banian Trees - The Houses and their Peculiarity - The Natives - Practices and Beliefs - The Shom Pen - The Harbour - We ascend a River - Kingfishers - Water - Caves - Bats and Swallows- Nests - A Jungle Path - Menchál ...
... Jungle Life — Banian Trees - The Houses and their Peculiarity - The Natives - Practices and Beliefs - The Shom Pen - The Harbour - We ascend a River - Kingfishers - Water - Caves - Bats and Swallows- Nests - A Jungle Path - Menchál ...
Page xv
... Jungle Vegetation , Little Nicobar Man with Pandanus Fruit , Kondul Boys of Kondul . West Coast of Great Nicobar Man and Woman of the Shom Peň , and a Nicobarese A Village of the Shom Pen Women and Girls of the Shom Pen Men of the Shom ...
... Jungle Vegetation , Little Nicobar Man with Pandanus Fruit , Kondul Boys of Kondul . West Coast of Great Nicobar Man and Woman of the Shom Peň , and a Nicobarese A Village of the Shom Pen Women and Girls of the Shom Pen Men of the Shom ...
Page 3
... jungle ; and then returning on board , after a bath , change , and breakfast , the preservation of specimens went on until two o'clock ; next came tea , then more work until about 3 P.M. , when we once more rowed ashore and sought for ...
... jungle ; and then returning on board , after a bath , change , and breakfast , the preservation of specimens went on until two o'clock ; next came tea , then more work until about 3 P.M. , when we once more rowed ashore and sought for ...
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... jungle is both wasteful and un- profitable , for while a bird is only to be seen for a moment as it flashes between the branches , even if hit , it infallibly becomes lost in the dense luxuriance of vegetation . The chances in the ...
... jungle is both wasteful and un- profitable , for while a bird is only to be seen for a moment as it flashes between the branches , even if hit , it infallibly becomes lost in the dense luxuriance of vegetation . The chances in the ...
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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