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 viii
... killed while leading a puni- tive expedition against a section of the Jarawa tribe , who had recently murdered some wood - cutters . He rushed the last of several hostile camps by night , and took a number of prisoners ; but , treading ...
... killed while leading a puni- tive expedition against a section of the Jarawa tribe , who had recently murdered some wood - cutters . He rushed the last of several hostile camps by night , and took a number of prisoners ; but , treading ...
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... killing range of about 12 yards . There is no more perfect weapon for the collecting naturalist than the three - barrelled guns that we used - shot barrels fully choked , and the third , placed beneath the others , rifled for long .380 ...
... killing range of about 12 yards . There is no more perfect weapon for the collecting naturalist than the three - barrelled guns that we used - shot barrels fully choked , and the third , placed beneath the others , rifled for long .380 ...
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... killing the breeze and leaving the boat rolling uncomfort ably on the surface ; and when the furious downpour is over , and the night is quiet once more , all that remains to show the past disturbance is sodden canvas , stiffened ...
... killing the breeze and leaving the boat rolling uncomfort ably on the surface ; and when the furious downpour is over , and the night is quiet once more , all that remains to show the past disturbance is sodden canvas , stiffened ...
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... killed the assailant on the spot . The torches had gone out ; but the Viceroy , who had staggered over the pier side , was dimly seen rising up in the knee - deep water and clearing the hair off his brow with his hand , as if recovering ...
... killed the assailant on the spot . The torches had gone out ; but the Viceroy , who had staggered over the pier side , was dimly seen rising up in the knee - deep water and clearing the hair off his brow with his hand , as if recovering ...
Page 43
... killed for these occasions by being speared through the heart , are doubtless an introduced species , for they attain immense proportions and are of many colours : - black and white , brown , brown and white , etc. The young , however ...
... killed for these occasions by being speared through the heart , are doubtless an introduced species , for they attain immense proportions and are of many colours : - black and white , brown , brown and white , etc. The young , however ...
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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