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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... side . This structure affords ample head - room below , and gives coolness and abundant ventilation by means of windows which open all round it . Sailing in the tropics , with the thermometer constantly standing at 84 ° or so in the ...
... side . This structure affords ample head - room below , and gives coolness and abundant ventilation by means of windows which open all round it . Sailing in the tropics , with the thermometer constantly standing at 84 ° or so in the ...
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... side of the island the wall of the old crater has been broken down , and a large gap about a hundred yards wide at the base affords an easy means of access to the interior . It is through this opening that the best view of the cone is ...
... side of the island the wall of the old crater has been broken down , and a large gap about a hundred yards wide at the base affords an easy means of access to the interior . It is through this opening that the best view of the cone is ...
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... side to side , some 200 yards distant from the sea . The level ground at the base of the cone , widest on the southern side , is covered with tall bamboo grass and various kinds of low bushes . On the inner slopes of the crater , the ...
... side to side , some 200 yards distant from the sea . The level ground at the base of the cone , widest on the southern side , is covered with tall bamboo grass and various kinds of low bushes . On the inner slopes of the crater , the ...
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... with Notices of the Islands, Their Fauna, Ethnology, Etc Cecil Boden Kloss. L INTERIOR OF THE CRATER 13 the remaining sides , composed. [ To face page 12 . THE ERUPTIVE CONE , BARREN ISLAND , [ To face page 20 . ROSS ISLAND ( northern.
... with Notices of the Islands, Their Fauna, Ethnology, Etc Cecil Boden Kloss. L INTERIOR OF THE CRATER 13 the remaining sides , composed. [ To face page 12 . THE ERUPTIVE CONE , BARREN ISLAND , [ To face page 20 . ROSS ISLAND ( northern.
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The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin", with Notices of the Islands, Their Fauna, Ethnology, Etc Cecil Boden Kloss. T INTERIOR OF THE CRATER 13 the remaining sides , composed.
The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin", with Notices of the Islands, Their Fauna, Ethnology, Etc Cecil Boden Kloss. T INTERIOR OF THE CRATER 13 the remaining sides , composed.
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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