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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... Banks - Scenery - Har- Timber - Flora - Climate - Cyclones - Geology - Minerals- Subsidence - Earthquakes - History - Aborigines - Convicts and the Penal System - Growth and Resources of the Settlement - Products and Manufactures ...
... Banks - Scenery - Har- Timber - Flora - Climate - Cyclones - Geology - Minerals- Subsidence - Earthquakes - History - Aborigines - Convicts and the Penal System - Growth and Resources of the Settlement - Products and Manufactures ...
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... banks , on which the veil of mangrove and jungle , extending to the water's edge , is broken at short intervals by small bluffs of pale clay shale , might easily , but for its brilliant blue colour , be mistaken for a quiet river . We ...
... banks , on which the veil of mangrove and jungle , extending to the water's edge , is broken at short intervals by small bluffs of pale clay shale , might easily , but for its brilliant blue colour , be mistaken for a quiet river . We ...
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... bank . ' Burne , ' he said quietly , ' they've hit me . ' Then in a louder voice , which was heard on the pier - ' I'm all right , I don't think I'm much hurt , ' or words to that effect . In another minute he was sitting under the ...
... bank . ' Burne , ' he said quietly , ' they've hit me . ' Then in a louder voice , which was heard on the pier - ' I'm all right , I don't think I'm much hurt , ' or words to that effect . In another minute he was sitting under the ...
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... banks alter so greatly that entire reliance cannot be placed on the chart , even though it be of comparatively recent date . We landed on South Andaman in a little bay , whose waters lapped a beach of golden sand . It was , as usual ...
... banks alter so greatly that entire reliance cannot be placed on the chart , even though it be of comparatively recent date . We landed on South Andaman in a little bay , whose waters lapped a beach of golden sand . It was , as usual ...
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... banks , the whole having acquired a covering of sandy alluvium and drift , which was deposited before upheaval , with an additional layer of vegetable débris since accumulated . With the exception of an indigenous coco palm zone , where ...
... banks , the whole having acquired a covering of sandy alluvium and drift , which was deposited before upheaval , with an additional layer of vegetable débris since accumulated . With the exception of an indigenous coco palm zone , where ...
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aborigines amongst anchored Andamanese Andamans and Nicobars appearance Arakan Archipelago ashore Asiatic bamboo Beach forest birds boat Burmese canoe Captain ceremony Chaura Chinese clay 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 killed 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 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