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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Page 17
... possessed with ' curiosity to know what is wrong , as to be , for the time , perfectly oblivious of the collector and his gun , while they sit around or fly nearer and nearer to their wounded companion and answer its loud croaking notes ...
... possessed with ' curiosity to know what is wrong , as to be , for the time , perfectly oblivious of the collector and his gun , while they sit around or fly nearer and nearer to their wounded companion and answer its loud croaking notes ...
Page 20
... possesses a very complete ethnological collection of Andamanese and Nicobarese articles , and an aviary containing a great number of the birds inhabiting the two groups of islands . All these objects we were fortunate enough to see ...
... possesses a very complete ethnological collection of Andamanese and Nicobarese articles , and an aviary containing a great number of the birds inhabiting the two groups of islands . All these objects we were fortunate enough to see ...
Page 30
... extremely graceful , and who possessed one of the sweetest combination of notes heard in the jungle . With such specimens in my bag , I presently came on a APPEARANCE OF THE NATIVES 31 little stream , and after 30 MACPHERSON STRAIT.
... extremely graceful , and who possessed one of the sweetest combination of notes heard in the jungle . With such specimens in my bag , I presently came on a APPEARANCE OF THE NATIVES 31 little stream , and after 30 MACPHERSON STRAIT.
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... possessed little accuracy at more than a quarter of that distance . In return for the various articles obtained , we gave an axe , a parang , a file , a number of long French nails , and a quantity of red cotton , with which things they ...
... possessed little accuracy at more than a quarter of that distance . In return for the various articles obtained , we gave an axe , a parang , a file , a number of long French nails , and a quantity of red cotton , with which things they ...
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... large baskets were slung up to the roof , and two rows of pigs ' skulls ornamented the walls , showing from their numbers ( about 500 ) that there was no lack of food . " - M . V. Portman . possess a few iron tools , such as small axes.
... large baskets were slung up to the roof , and two rows of pigs ' skulls ornamented the walls , showing from their numbers ( about 500 ) that there was no lack of food . " - M . V. Portman . possess a few iron tools , such as small axes.
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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