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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... shore , while the sun was high , and experienced no ill effects from being without them at other times , although one of us made it a practice to keep his head shaved for the sake of coolness . Though they perhaps lay me open to an ...
... shore , while the sun was high , and experienced no ill effects from being without them at other times , although one of us made it a practice to keep his head shaved for the sake of coolness . Though they perhaps lay me open to an ...
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... quarter of a mile from shore , is nearly everywhere 150 fathoms or more in depth . Approaching from the east , we caught a glimpse , while still AIND OF THE LANDING - PLACE 11 some distance off 10 BARREN ISLAND AND ARCHIPELAGO.
... quarter of a mile from shore , is nearly everywhere 150 fathoms or more in depth . Approaching from the east , we caught a glimpse , while still AIND OF THE LANDING - PLACE 11 some distance off 10 BARREN ISLAND AND ARCHIPELAGO.
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... shore where soundings can be obtained with the handline , and there we came to anchor in 15 fathoms , a little beach and clump of coconut palms bearing N.N.E. , a quarter of a mile away . Sails were soon stowed and we rowed off to ...
... shore where soundings can be obtained with the handline , and there we came to anchor in 15 fathoms , a little beach and clump of coconut palms bearing N.N.E. , a quarter of a mile away . Sails were soon stowed and we rowed off to ...
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... shore the water was nearly boiling ; the stones and rocks on shore exposed at low tide were smoking and hissing , and the water was boiling all round them . * In 1789 only withered shrubs and blasted trees were to be seen on parts ...
... shore the water was nearly boiling ; the stones and rocks on shore exposed at low tide were smoking and hissing , and the water was boiling all round them . * In 1789 only withered shrubs and blasted trees were to be seen on parts ...
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... shore , and at once set to work cutting a path , for here was the densest kind of Andaman jungle , and although within it one comes across little patches where the bush is fairly open , it is , on the whole , a wild tangled mass of ...
... shore , and at once set to work cutting a path , for here was the densest kind of Andaman jungle , and although within it one comes across little patches where the bush is fairly open , it is , on the whole , a wild tangled mass of ...
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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