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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... hand , since the woods used ( padouk for the planking and pyimma for frames ) are obtained from the neighbouring forests . Some years ago Phoenix Bay was a swamp , but now large , brick , steam workshops and wooden sheds of the marine ...
... hand , since the woods used ( padouk for the planking and pyimma for frames ) are obtained from the neighbouring forests . Some years ago Phoenix Bay was a swamp , but now large , brick , steam workshops and wooden sheds of the marine ...
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... hand and a knife suddenly descend in the torch- light . The private secretary heard a thud , and instantly turning round , found a man ' fastened like a tiger ' on the back of the Viceroy . In a second , twelve men were on the assassin ...
... hand and a knife suddenly descend in the torch- light . The private secretary heard a thud , and instantly turning round , found a man ' fastened like a tiger ' on the back of the Viceroy . In a second , twelve men were on the assassin ...
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... hand forest , and on the other grass - clothed , but beyond the centre , where it was flat , lay an expanse of tangled swamp . Although their tracks , made since the last high tide , ran all along the beach , we saw no natives then or ...
... hand forest , and on the other grass - clothed , but beyond the centre , where it was flat , lay an expanse of tangled swamp . Although their tracks , made since the last high tide , ran all along the beach , we saw no natives then or ...
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... hand , there is no argument against it being original , for the aborigines of New South Wales and Queensland have a canoe that is in every way almost the exact counterpart of the Andamanese vessel . WE LEAVE THE ANDAMANS 43 others ...
... hand , there is no argument against it being original , for the aborigines of New South Wales and Queensland have a canoe that is in every way almost the exact counterpart of the Andamanese vessel . WE LEAVE THE ANDAMANS 43 others ...
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... a quantity of red cotton , we presented to the natives as a parting gift , and then , shaking hands with them all round , we said farewell to the Andamans and put to sea . He was " Scare - devil , " or device for exorcising.
... a quantity of red cotton , we presented to the natives as a parting gift , and then , shaking hands with them all round , we said farewell to the Andamans and put to sea . He was " Scare - devil , " or device for exorcising.
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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