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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Page vii
... collecting and preparation was done by my companion , whose guest I was , and myself , for we were accompanied by no native assistants or hunters . Broadly speaking , one half of the day passed in obtain- ing specimens , the other in ...
... collecting and preparation was done by my companion , whose guest I was , and myself , for we were accompanied by no native assistants or hunters . Broadly speaking , one half of the day passed in obtain- ing specimens , the other in ...
Page ix
... Collecting Apparatus - Guns - Shooting - Path - making -Clothing - Head - dress - A Scene in the Tropics - Native Indolence -Attractive Memories CHAPTER I BARREN ISLAND AND THE ARCHIPELAGO . Shipboard Monotony - Edible Sharks - Calm ...
... Collecting Apparatus - Guns - Shooting - Path - making -Clothing - Head - dress - A Scene in the Tropics - Native Indolence -Attractive Memories CHAPTER I BARREN ISLAND AND THE ARCHIPELAGO . Shipboard Monotony - Edible Sharks - Calm ...
Page x
... Collecting Native Birds - A New Bat - 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 ...
... Collecting Native Birds - A New Bat - 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 ...
Page xi
... Collecting - Up the Creek - A Bat Camp - Young Bats -Traces of the Shom Pen - Bird Life - Fish - Ganges Harbour - Land Subsidence - Tupais - We Explore the Harbour - A Jungle Pig- " Jubilee " River - Chinese Navigation - Rainy Weather ...
... Collecting - Up the Creek - A Bat Camp - Young Bats -Traces of the Shom Pen - Bird Life - Fish - Ganges Harbour - Land Subsidence - Tupais - We Explore the Harbour - A Jungle Pig- " Jubilee " River - Chinese Navigation - Rainy Weather ...
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... Collecting Apparatus - Guns - Shooting - Path - making- Clothing - Head - dress - A Scene in the Tropics - Native Indolence- Attractive Memories . THE Terrapin , captain and owner Dr W. L. Abbott , is a Singapore - built teak schooner ...
... Collecting Apparatus - Guns - Shooting - Path - making- Clothing - Head - dress - A Scene in the Tropics - Native Indolence- Attractive Memories . THE Terrapin , captain and owner Dr W. L. Abbott , is a Singapore - built teak schooner ...
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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