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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... means of windows which open all round it . Sailing in the tropics , with the thermometer constantly standing at 84 ° or so in the shade , necessitates for any comfort a very different arrangement from what would be fitting at home ...
... means of windows which open all round it . Sailing in the tropics , with the thermometer constantly standing at 84 ° or so in the shade , necessitates for any comfort a very different arrangement from what would be fitting at home ...
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... means despicable . When we were under sail , there were always lines towing astern of the vessel , which often produced bonito , dolphin , barracouta , edible shark , and other varieties , and we carried a seine , which , when stretched ...
... means despicable . When we were under sail , there were always lines towing astern of the vessel , which often produced bonito , dolphin , barracouta , edible shark , and other varieties , and we carried a seine , which , when stretched ...
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... means a more foregone conclusion than sport in the open . Besides bags for cartridges and specimens , with extractor , knife , string , cotton - wool , and wrapping paper , it is absolutely essential , if it is intended to penetrate the ...
... means a more foregone conclusion than sport in the open . Besides bags for cartridges and specimens , with extractor , knife , string , cotton - wool , and wrapping paper , it is absolutely essential , if it is intended to penetrate the ...
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... means to be despised when fresh provisions are unobtainable , in spite of being often some- what dry and flavourless . on But the nights were ample compensation for any possible discomfort by day . Around was the calm flat sea , and ...
... means to be despised when fresh provisions are unobtainable , in spite of being often some- what dry and flavourless . on But the nights were ample compensation for any possible discomfort by day . Around was the calm flat sea , and ...
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... means of access to the interior . It is through this opening that the best view of the cone is obtained from seawards . As we sailed past the gap that afternoon the scene was one of striking beauty . Against a background of bright blue ...
... means of access to the interior . It is through this opening that the best view of the cone is obtained from seawards . As we sailed past the gap that afternoon the scene was one of striking beauty . Against a background of bright blue ...
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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