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 xvi
... and 6 , Wooden Fishing Spears . 7 , Orna- mental Canoe Stern - piece , " Misoka ap " ( Kar Nicobar ) . 8 , 9 , and 10 , Iron Fishing Spears 1 • 244 IN THE ANDAMANS AND NICOBARS PART I INTRODUCTION The Terrapin xvi LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
... and 6 , Wooden Fishing Spears . 7 , Orna- mental Canoe Stern - piece , " Misoka ap " ( Kar Nicobar ) . 8 , 9 , and 10 , Iron Fishing Spears 1 • 244 IN THE ANDAMANS AND NICOBARS PART I INTRODUCTION The Terrapin xvi LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
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... piece of salt junk will admit that these and mustard are almost absolute necessities - sauces , etc. , the fewer tinned provisions there are the better , so far as health in the tropics is concerned . When one can keep the hen - coop ...
... piece of salt junk will admit that these and mustard are almost absolute necessities - sauces , etc. , the fewer tinned provisions there are the better , so far as health in the tropics is concerned . When one can keep the hen - coop ...
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... the fronts facing inland . On a sloping framework of thin branches , raised about 4 feet at the upper edge , and covering a piece of ground 6 feet square , BOWS AND ARROWS 33 were laid sufficient palm leaves to 32 MACPHERSON STRAIT.
... the fronts facing inland . On a sloping framework of thin branches , raised about 4 feet at the upper edge , and covering a piece of ground 6 feet square , BOWS AND ARROWS 33 were laid sufficient palm leaves to 32 MACPHERSON STRAIT.
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... piece of pork — the offering to the spirits. The other type of building (kamun telika) is used as a kitchen ; it has a ridged but curved roof, an oblong floor, rounded at the back and in front, and a platform, and a semicircular ...
... piece of pork — the offering to the spirits. The other type of building (kamun telika) is used as a kitchen ; it has a ridged but curved roof, an oblong floor, rounded at the back and in front, and a platform, and a semicircular ...
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... piece of land purchased from the natives , were reached . - In the clearing were sheds for the meteorological instruments , a very deep well , the only one in Kar Nicobar , and enclosures for several Indian cows that were kept by the ...
... piece of land purchased from the natives , were reached . - In the clearing were sheds for the meteorological instruments , a very deep well , the only one in Kar Nicobar , and enclosures for several Indian cows that were kept by 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