In the Andamans and Nicobars: The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin", with Notices of the Islands, Their Fauna, Ethnology, EtcJohn Murray, 1903 - 373 pages |
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... Coconuts - V . Solomon - The Nicobarese and Christianity - Water - Area of Kar Nicobar - Geology - Flora- Supplies . 44 CHAPTER VI TILANCHONG Batti Malv - Tilanchong - Novara Bay - Terrapin Bay - Form and Area of Tilanchong - Birds ...
... Coconuts - V . Solomon - The Nicobarese and Christianity - Water - Area of Kar Nicobar - Geology - Flora- Supplies . 44 CHAPTER VI TILANCHONG Batti Malv - Tilanchong - Novara Bay - Terrapin Bay - Form and Area of Tilanchong - Birds ...
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... Coconuts - Chinese Rowing . CHAPTER XIII GREAT NICOBAR - WEST COAST • Pulo Kunyi - Area of Great Nicobar - Mountains - Rivers - The Village- The Shom Pen - Casuarina Bay - An Ingenious " Dog - hobble " -In the Jungle - A Shom Pen ...
... Coconuts - Chinese Rowing . CHAPTER XIII GREAT NICOBAR - WEST COAST • Pulo Kunyi - Area of Great Nicobar - Mountains - Rivers - The Village- The Shom Pen - Casuarina Bay - An Ingenious " Dog - hobble " -In the Jungle - A Shom Pen ...
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... coconuts and bananas is scarce . Tinned and bottled preserves soon become insipid to the palate , but dried fruit , such as apples , apricots and prunes , we found far more attractive , and they should always be carried when native ...
... coconuts and bananas is scarce . Tinned and bottled preserves soon become insipid to the palate , but dried fruit , such as apples , apricots and prunes , we found far more attractive , and they should always be carried when native ...
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... coconuts without first having to climb for them . " Only to hear and see the far - off brine , Only to hear were sweet , stretched out beneath the pine . " Is it fair that we should call the native of the tropics lazy because in some ...
... coconuts without first having to climb for them . " Only to hear and see the far - off brine , Only to hear were sweet , stretched out beneath the pine . " Is it fair that we should call the native of the tropics lazy because in some ...
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... coconut palms bearing N.N.E. , a quarter of a mile away . Sails were soon stowed and we rowed off to reconnoitre the gap , which is the only practicable landing - place ; everywhere else the land slopes steeply to the sea . To the south ...
... coconut palms bearing N.N.E. , a quarter of a mile away . Sails were soon stowed and we rowed off to reconnoitre the gap , which is the only practicable landing - place ; everywhere else the land slopes steeply to the sea . To the south ...
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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 Mûs 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