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 15
... rattan . Cutting right and left , avoiding a thick bush here and a hang- ing screen of creepers there , perspiring at every step , we forced a sinuous way in from the beach , until , coming upon a well - trodden pig - track , we found ...
... rattan . Cutting right and left , avoiding a thick bush here and a hang- ing screen of creepers there , perspiring at every step , we forced a sinuous way in from the beach , until , coming upon a well - trodden pig - track , we found ...
Page 25
... rattan , in which , it is said , the maximum sentence of thirty strokes can be applied so severely as to be fatal to the recipient . Lastly , of course , comes execution by hanging , which is inflicted in the case of those prisoners ...
... rattan , in which , it is said , the maximum sentence of thirty strokes can be applied so severely as to be fatal to the recipient . Lastly , of course , comes execution by hanging , which is inflicted in the case of those prisoners ...
Page 33
... rattan fibre , and large buckets carved from solid wood , any cracks being sewn up with rattan and luted with wax ; all these were furnished with slings for ease in carrying . The bows were not of the kind regarded as typical of the ...
... rattan fibre , and large buckets carved from solid wood , any cracks being sewn up with rattan and luted with wax ; all these were furnished with slings for ease in carrying . The bows were not of the kind regarded as typical of the ...
Page 41
... rattan lashing after the style of a " chick , " and then securing at right angles to the foundation thus constructed a thick layer of the pinnæ of the same plant . For doors , several of the lower mats are arranged to roll up , and ...
... rattan lashing after the style of a " chick , " and then securing at right angles to the foundation thus constructed a thick layer of the pinnæ of the same plant . For doors , several of the lower mats are arranged to roll up , and ...
Page 48
... rattan, which the natives use for grating up coconut. Up in the roof, are stuck, between the thatch and the rafters, hollowed - out wooden troughs, in which the food of the pigs, dogs, and other animals is prepared ; flat wooden dishes ...
... rattan, which the natives use for grating up coconut. Up in the roof, are stuck, between the thatch and the rafters, hollowed - out wooden troughs, in which the food of the pigs, dogs, and other animals is prepared ; flat wooden dishes ...
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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