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 ix
... Native Camp - Natives - Jungle - Birds - Appearance of the Natives Our Guests - Native Women : Decorations and Absurd Appearance Trials of Photography - The Village - Food - Bows , Arrows , and Utensils - Barter - Coiffure - Fauna ...
... Native Camp - Natives - Jungle - Birds - Appearance of the Natives Our Guests - Native Women : Decorations and Absurd Appearance Trials of Photography - The Village - Food - Bows , Arrows , and Utensils - Barter - Coiffure - Fauna ...
Page x
... 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 Huts - Canoe - Bows and ...
... 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 Huts - Canoe - Bows and ...
Page xi
... Natives - Medicine - A Death Ceremony - Talismans - Fish and Fish- ing - Geology . CHAPTER XI LITTLE NICOBAR AND PULO MILO A Tide - rip - Islets - A_Cetacean - Pulo Milo - Timidity of the Natives— Little Nicobar - Geology - Flora ...
... Natives - Medicine - A Death Ceremony - Talismans - Fish and Fish- ing - Geology . CHAPTER XI LITTLE NICOBAR AND PULO MILO A Tide - rip - Islets - A_Cetacean - Pulo Milo - Timidity of the Natives— Little Nicobar - Geology - Flora ...
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... natives are far more satisfactory in nearly every way on a small boat in the tropics than white men , even if the latter could be obtained . They can put up with more restricted quarters , are less inclined to grumble under the peculiar ...
... natives are far more satisfactory in nearly every way on a small boat in the tropics than white men , even if the latter could be obtained . They can put up with more restricted quarters , are less inclined to grumble under the peculiar ...
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... natives , and except in towns and large villages , where there are regular bazaars and markets , even fruit other ... native supplies are uncertain . In fact , beyond a few necessaries such as milk , butter , jam , tea , coffee , sugar ...
... natives , and except in towns and large villages , where there are regular bazaars and markets , even fruit other ... native supplies are uncertain . In fact , beyond a few necessaries such as milk , butter , jam , tea , coffee , sugar ...
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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