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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... occur : * " Given a thick jungle , trees 200 feet high , and a mush- room - helmeted sportsman , it will be seen that comfort and a large bag are incompatible . A long training in the Sistine Chapel is necessary for this work . Absurd ...
... occur : * " Given a thick jungle , trees 200 feet high , and a mush- room - helmeted sportsman , it will be seen that comfort and a large bag are incompatible . A long training in the Sistine Chapel is necessary for this work . Absurd ...
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... occurs during the first visit to each fresh locality in which one collects , and on these occasions the noise caused by chopping away branches and crashing through the bushes very naturally makes the denizens of the jungle conspicuous ...
... occurs during the first visit to each fresh locality in which one collects , and on these occasions the noise caused by chopping away branches and crashing through the bushes very naturally makes the denizens of the jungle conspicuous ...
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... occur , and as the least result plunge one head over heels into the pools around . With a small boat , however , shallow and quick - turning , it is generally possible to pass through these latter and reach a point , where , protected ...
... occur , and as the least result plunge one head over heels into the pools around . With a small boat , however , shallow and quick - turning , it is generally possible to pass through these latter and reach a point , where , protected ...
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... occurred in no small numbers . Indeed , birds came and went so quickly , that I was often hard put to it to select the proper cartridge , and frequently three or four speci- mens at a time lay waiting to be stowed away in the game bag ...
... occurred in no small numbers . Indeed , birds came and went so quickly , that I was often hard put to it to select the proper cartridge , and frequently three or four speci- mens at a time lay waiting to be stowed away in the game bag ...
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... occurred with him in a very mild form - merely a slight swelling of the left leg . * Having taken a series of photographs , during which opera- tion the women were the cause of much laughter , as they stood in a row before the camera ...
... occurred with him in a very mild form - merely a slight swelling of the left leg . * Having taken a series of photographs , during which opera- tion the women were the cause of much laughter , as they stood in a row before the camera ...
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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