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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... Forest - Beach Formation - Native Hut - Little Andaman - Bumila Creek - Natives- Flies - Personal Decoration - Dress and Modesty - Coats of Mud- Coiffure - Absence of Scarification - Elephantiasis - A Visit to the Vil- lage - Peculiar ...
... Forest - Beach Formation - Native Hut - Little Andaman - Bumila Creek - Natives- Flies - Personal Decoration - Dress and Modesty - Coats of Mud- Coiffure - Absence of Scarification - Elephantiasis - A Visit to the Vil- lage - Peculiar ...
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... FOREST TREES OF THE ANDAMANS 336 C. - NOTES ON THE PRODUCE OF THE ANDAMAN FORESTS 339 D. CENSUS , ANDAMAN ISLANDS , 1901 342 E. GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS AT PORT BLAIR 343 F. - MEASUREMENTS OF SOME ANDAMANESE MET AT RUTLAND ISLAND G ...
... FOREST TREES OF THE ANDAMANS 336 C. - NOTES ON THE PRODUCE OF THE ANDAMAN FORESTS 339 D. CENSUS , ANDAMAN ISLANDS , 1901 342 E. GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS AT PORT BLAIR 343 F. - MEASUREMENTS OF SOME ANDAMANESE MET AT RUTLAND ISLAND G ...
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... forest , drifting * The Sellungs are a primitive and timid tribe , who wander in canoes among the Mergui Islands during the fine weather , and make temporary settlements on lee - shores in the south - west monsoon . They number between ...
... forest , drifting * The Sellungs are a primitive and timid tribe , who wander in canoes among the Mergui Islands during the fine weather , and make temporary settlements on lee - shores in the south - west monsoon . They number between ...
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... forest . In one of the most delight- ful books that has been written about the East , the following lines occur : * " Given a thick jungle , trees 200 feet high , and a mush- room - helmeted sportsman , it will be seen that comfort and ...
... forest . In one of the most delight- ful books that has been written about the East , the following lines occur : * " Given a thick jungle , trees 200 feet high , and a mush- room - helmeted sportsman , it will be seen that comfort and ...
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... forest ? We ourselves never wore hats except when out in the open or going to and fro between the schooner and the shore , while the sun was high , and experienced no ill effects from being without them at other times , although one of ...
... forest ? We ourselves never wore hats except when out in the open or going to and fro between the schooner and the shore , while the sun was high , and experienced no ill effects from being without them at other times , although one of ...
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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