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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Page xi
... Land Subsidence - Tupais - We Explore the Harbour - A Jungle Pig- " Jubilee " River - Chinese Navigation - Rainy Weather - Kondul Boys -Coconuts - Chinese Rowing . CHAPTER XIII GREAT NICOBAR - WEST COAST • Pulo Kunyi - Area of Great ...
... Land Subsidence - Tupais - We Explore the Harbour - A Jungle Pig- " Jubilee " River - Chinese Navigation - Rainy Weather - Kondul Boys -Coconuts - Chinese Rowing . CHAPTER XIII GREAT NICOBAR - WEST COAST • Pulo Kunyi - Area of Great ...
Page xii
... Land - Climbing a Palm Tree - Servitude - Population - Views on Marriage with the Aborigines -Towards the Interior - A Shom Pen Village - The Inhabitants- Canoe - building - Barter - The West Coast - South Bay - Walker Island -Chang ...
... Land - Climbing a Palm Tree - Servitude - Population - Views on Marriage with the Aborigines -Towards the Interior - A Shom Pen Village - The Inhabitants- Canoe - building - Barter - The West Coast - South Bay - Walker Island -Chang ...
Page xiii
... Land Sale and Tenure - Dislike to Strangers - Cross - bow Accidents - Canoe Voyages- Commercial Occupations - Tallies . CHAPTER VII THE FAUNA OF THE ANDAMANS AND NICOBARS . xiii PAGE 276 285 320 APPENDICES A. - AVERAGE WIND AND WEATHER ...
... Land Sale and Tenure - Dislike to Strangers - Cross - bow Accidents - Canoe Voyages- Commercial Occupations - Tallies . CHAPTER VII THE FAUNA OF THE ANDAMANS AND NICOBARS . xiii PAGE 276 285 320 APPENDICES A. - AVERAGE WIND AND WEATHER ...
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... land before Barren Island hove in sight . Since New Year's Day , when we got up anchor amongst the islands of the Mergui Archipelago , the schooner had been carried by the lightest of breezes towards the Andamans . The days slipped by ...
... land before Barren Island hove in sight . Since New Year's Day , when we got up anchor amongst the islands of the Mergui Archipelago , the schooner had been carried by the lightest of breezes towards the Andamans . The days slipped by ...
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... land slopes steeply to the sea . To the south a heavy swell was breaking on the shore , but in the little cove formed here the sea was perfectly calm , and so clear that as we passed into shallower water the coral bottom , 10 fathoms ...
... land slopes steeply to the sea . To the south a heavy swell was breaking on the shore , but in the little cove formed here the sea was perfectly calm , and so clear that as we passed into shallower water the coral bottom , 10 fathoms ...
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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