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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... sail to Sumatra . PAGE 154 PART II CHAPTER I THE ANDAMAN ISLANDS AND THEIR INHABITANTS Position bours Soundings - Relationship - Islands Area Great Andaman Mountains - Little Andaman - Rivers - Coral Banks - Scenery - Har- Timber ...
... sail to Sumatra . PAGE 154 PART II CHAPTER I THE ANDAMAN ISLANDS AND THEIR INHABITANTS Position bours Soundings - Relationship - Islands Area Great Andaman Mountains - Little Andaman - Rivers - Coral Banks - Scenery - Har- Timber ...
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... 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 , while A ...
... 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 , while A ...
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... sailing - master - are Malays ; for 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 ...
... sailing - master - are Malays ; for 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 ...
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... sail , there were always lines towing astern of the vessel , which often produced bonito , dolphin , barracouta , edible shark , and other varieties , and we carried a seine , which , when stretched across the mouth of a tidal creek ...
... sail , there were always lines towing astern of the vessel , which often produced bonito , dolphin , barracouta , edible shark , and other varieties , and we carried a seine , which , when stretched across the mouth of a tidal creek ...
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... sail , the vessel seems to fly through the water- judging by the rolling wings of foam that stream from her shoulders and gleam weirdly in the green and red rays of the sidelights . Presently the rain falls in a stinging chilly torrent ...
... sail , the vessel seems to fly through the water- judging by the rolling wings of foam that stream from her shoulders and gleam weirdly in the green and red rays of the sidelights . Presently the rain falls in a stinging chilly torrent ...
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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