In the Andamans and Nicobars: The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin", with Notices of the Islands, Their Fauna, Ethnology, EtcMurray, 1903 - 373 pages |
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... whole , a wild tangled mass of trunks and branches , bound together by countless ropes of creeping bamboo and thorny rattan . Cutting right and left , avoiding a thick bush here and a hang- ing screen of creepers there , perspiring at ...
... whole , a wild tangled mass of trunks and branches , bound together by countless ropes of creeping bamboo and thorny rattan . Cutting right and left , avoiding a thick bush here and a hang- ing screen of creepers there , perspiring at ...
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... whole place - in itself of much natural beauty - is kept in most perfect condition by a practically unlimited supply of convict labour . At first sight , it seemed an altogether delightful spot to find in such an isolated corner of the ...
... whole place - in itself of much natural beauty - is kept in most perfect condition by a practically unlimited supply of convict labour . At first sight , it seemed an altogether delightful spot to find in such an isolated corner of the ...
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... whole of the ironwork of the carriage , rails , wheels , and ratchet , having been cast on the spot . Almost opposite Phoenix Bay , the station of Hopetown , conspicuous by its aqueduct , stands on the northern shore . It was here that ...
... whole of the ironwork of the carriage , rails , wheels , and ratchet , having been cast on the spot . Almost opposite Phoenix Bay , the station of Hopetown , conspicuous by its aqueduct , stands on the northern shore . It was here that ...
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... kept the very worst of the prisoners in the Settlement , and it must not be forgotten that here are collected the scum of the whole immense Indian Empire and of Burma as well . No one is sent to the islands who has less than seven years.
... kept the very worst of the prisoners in the Settlement , and it must not be forgotten that here are collected the scum of the whole immense Indian Empire and of Burma as well . No one is sent to the islands who has less than seven years.
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... whole structure was held together by careful mortising and lashings of cane , but now it is evident from the newer buildings that nails are coming into use among the natives of this island for such work . The houses stand in groups , on ...
... whole structure was held together by careful mortising and lashings of cane , but now it is evident from the newer buildings that nails are coming into use among the natives of this island for such work . The houses stand in groups , on ...
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aborigines amongst anchor Andaman and Nicobar andamanensis Andamanese Arakan Arakan Yoma Archipelago ashore bamboo banks Beach forest birds Blyth boat Bompoka Burmese canoe Captain ceremony Chaura Chinese cloth coast coco palms coconuts colour convict coral cotton dance Elephantiasis Elpanam face fathoms feast feet fish fruit Gurjan harbour headman hills houses Hume inches Indian inhabitants Interior Jarawas jungle Kachal Kamorta Kar Nicobar killed Kondul land latter Linn Little Andaman Little Nicobar mafai Malay Malayan mangroves megapode miles monkeys monsoon Mūs Nancowry Nankauri natives Nicobar Islands Nicobarese nicobarica night obtained Offandi Padouk palm leaves pandanus pigs Port Blair possess Pulo Milo rattan reef river round rowed Rutland Island sail schooner Settlement ship Shom Pen shore side species specimens Sumatra tamiluanas Tanamara Teressa Tilanchong trade trees Trinkat vessel village voyage wind women wood yards نے نے نے
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Page 8 - Why are we weigh'd upon with heaviness, And utterly consumed with sharp distress, While all things else have rest from weariness? All things have rest: why should we toil alone, We only toil, who are the first of things, And make perpetual moan, Still from one sorrow to another thrown: Nor ever fold our wings, And cease from wanderings, Nor steep our brows in slumber's holy balm; Nor harken what the inner spirit sings, "There is no joy but calm!
Page 271 - I had long before this repented me of that roving course of life, but never with such concern as now. I did also call to mind the many miraculous acts of God's providence towards me in the whole course of my life, of which kind I believe few men have met with the like. For all these I returned thanks in a peculiar manner, and thus once more desired God's assistance, and composed my mind as well as I could in the hopes of it...
Page 239 - ... waists, or even a petticoat — there is a very peculiar testimony of regard, which is worthy of note. About nine or ten at night, when the family is supposed to be fast asleep within the...
Page 271 - The evening of this i8th day was very dismal. The sky looked very black, being covered with dark clouds ; the wind blew hard, and the seas ran high. The sea was already roaring in a white foam about us ; a dark night coming on, and no land in sight to shelter us, and our little ark in danger to be swallowed by every wave ; and what was worst of all, none of us thought ourselves prepared for another world.
Page 209 - In this Island they have no king nor chief, but live like beasts. And I tell you they go all naked, both men and women, and do not use the slightest covering of any kind.
Page 272 - Never did poor mariners on a lee-shore more earnestly long for the dawning light, than we did now. At length the day appeared ; but with such dark black clouds near the horizon, that the first glimpse of the dawn appeared thirty or forty degrees high, which was dreadful enough.
Page 138 - In the afternoon they came unto a land In which it seemed always afternoon. All round the coast the languid air did swoon, Breathing like one that hath a, weary dream.
Page iii - KLOSS, C. BODEN. In the Andamans and Nicobars. The narrative of a cruise In the schooner "Terrapin," with notices of the islands, their fauna, ethnology, etc.
Page 21 - Superintendent ; the Flag-Lieutenant of the Glasgow and a Colonel of Engineers a few paces behind, on left and right; the armed police between them, but a little nearer the Viceroy. The Superintendent turned aside, with Lord Mayo's leave, to give an order about the morning's programme, and the Viceroy stepped quickly forward before the rest to descend the stairs to the launch. The next moment the people in the rear heard a noise as of ' the rush of some animal ' from behind the loose stones : one...
Page 271 - I had been in many imminent dangers before now, some of which I have already related, but the worst of them all was but a play-game in comparison with this. I must confess that I was in great conflicts of mind at this time. Other dangers came not upon me with such a leisurely and dreadful solemnity. A sudden skirmish or engagement, or so, was nothing when one's blood was up, and pushed forwards with eager expectations.