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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... the Islands, Their Fauna, Ethnology, Etc Cecil Boden Kloss. ΤΟ WILLIAM LOUIS ABBOTT IN FELLOWSHIP WITH WHOM I SPENT MANY ENJOYABLE MONTHS ON THIS AND FORMER CRUISES 11 . ihmeelemet gift " 4-14-44 PREFACE THE following pages.
... the Islands, Their Fauna, Ethnology, Etc Cecil Boden Kloss. ΤΟ WILLIAM LOUIS ABBOTT IN FELLOWSHIP WITH WHOM I SPENT MANY ENJOYABLE MONTHS ON THIS AND FORMER CRUISES 11 . ihmeelemet gift " 4-14-44 PREFACE THE following pages.
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... months made the pink- white skins of the Europeans - sun - avoiding Dutch - seem strange and unhealthy . Having spent a day or two at this place , where we first heard of the accession of King Edward VII . , we skirted the north coast ...
... months made the pink- white skins of the Europeans - sun - avoiding Dutch - seem strange and unhealthy . Having spent a day or two at this place , where we first heard of the accession of King Edward VII . , we skirted the north coast ...
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... months in a small boat . While tinned provisions and bottled fruits are very well for a time , one rapidly tires of them , and then there is nothing like the old stand - bys of salt beef and pork , ship's biscuits , rice , etc. Potatoes ...
... months in a small boat . While tinned provisions and bottled fruits are very well for a time , one rapidly tires of them , and then there is nothing like the old stand - bys of salt beef and pork , ship's biscuits , rice , etc. Potatoes ...
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... months of each other in 1857 , write respectively of volumes of dark smoke , and clouds of hot , watery vapour . In 1866 , a whitish vapour was emitted from several deep fissures , and about 1890 , steam was seen to be issuing at the ...
... months of each other in 1857 , write respectively of volumes of dark smoke , and clouds of hot , watery vapour . In 1866 , a whitish vapour was emitted from several deep fissures , and about 1890 , steam was seen to be issuing at the ...
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... months out from port , we were certainly a rather ruffianly looking party . The island of Ross is situated at the mouth of the harbour , and tends greatly towards its protection . It is hilly , about 200 acres in area , and is divided ...
... months out from port , we were certainly a rather ruffianly looking party . The island of Ross is situated at the mouth of the harbour , and tends greatly towards its protection . It is hilly , about 200 acres in area , and is divided ...
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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