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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... round it . Sailing in the tropics , with the thermometer constantly standing at 84 ° or so in the shade , necessitates for any comfort a very different arrangement from what would be fitting at home . Whenever possible , the boat ...
... round it . Sailing in the tropics , with the thermometer constantly standing at 84 ° or so in the shade , necessitates for any comfort a very different arrangement from what would be fitting at home . Whenever possible , the boat ...
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... round the ankles with string , to keep out the ants and leeches , and only when these and thorns are very bad need stronger trousers and puttees be worn . Such clothes are easily put on and off , are comfortable , and are not heavy when ...
... round the ankles with string , to keep out the ants and leeches , and only when these and thorns are very bad need stronger trousers and puttees be worn . Such clothes are easily put on and off , are comfortable , and are not heavy when ...
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... round which a pair of eagles circled slowly . Fortunately for those vessels which may visit the island , there is one place off - shore where soundings can be obtained with the handline , and there we came to anchor in 15 fathoms , a ...
... round which a pair of eagles circled slowly . Fortunately for those vessels which may visit the island , there is one place off - shore where soundings can be obtained with the handline , and there we came to anchor in 15 fathoms , a ...
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... smoking and hissing , and the water was boiling all round them . In 1789 only withered shrubs and blasted trees were to be seen on parts L INTERIOR OF THE CRATER 13 the remaining sides , 12 BARREN ISLAND AND ARCHIPELAGO.
... smoking and hissing , and the water was boiling all round them . In 1789 only withered shrubs and blasted trees were to be seen on parts L INTERIOR OF THE CRATER 13 the remaining sides , 12 BARREN ISLAND AND ARCHIPELAGO.
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... , and with a fair though moderate breeze , which , however , soon drew round against us , covered the 36 miles to the Andamans proper , PATH - MAKING 15 and anchored before noon next day 14 BARREN ISLAND AND ARCHIPELAGO.
... , and with a fair though moderate breeze , which , however , soon drew round against us , covered the 36 miles to the Andamans proper , PATH - MAKING 15 and anchored before noon next day 14 BARREN ISLAND AND ARCHIPELAGO.
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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