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 viii
... wood - cutters . He rushed the last of several hostile camps by night , and took a number of prisoners ; but , treading in the ashes of a smouldering fire at the moment of success , he caused it to blaze up , and being seen by a ...
... wood - cutters . He rushed the last of several hostile camps by night , and took a number of prisoners ; but , treading in the ashes of a smouldering fire at the moment of success , he caused it to blaze up , and being seen by a ...
Page xvi
... 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.
... 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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... woods the larger birds were fairly common , and the traps obtained for us numerous rats of two varieties , one of which squealed pitifully when approached ( Mus stoicus , sp . nov . , and M. flebilis , sp . nov . ) . The Archipelago is ...
... woods the larger birds were fairly common , and the traps obtained for us numerous rats of two varieties , one of which squealed pitifully when approached ( Mus stoicus , sp . nov . , and M. flebilis , sp . nov . ) . The Archipelago is ...
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... wood - carving executed by Burmese convicts ; then the brown - roofed bungalows of the Settlement officers , all bowered in tropic foliage , amongst which graceful palms and traveller's trees stand prominently forth ; and lower still ...
... wood - carving executed by Burmese convicts ; then the brown - roofed bungalows of the Settlement officers , all bowered in tropic foliage , amongst which graceful palms and traveller's trees stand prominently forth ; and lower still ...
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... woods used ( padouk for the planking and pyimma for frames ) are obtained from the neighbouring forests . Some years ago Phoenix Bay was a swamp , but now large , brick , steam workshops and wooden sheds of the marine yard , in which ...
... woods used ( padouk for the planking and pyimma for frames ) are obtained from the neighbouring forests . Some years ago Phoenix Bay was a swamp , but now large , brick , steam workshops and wooden sheds of the marine yard , in which ...
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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