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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Page viii
... voyage , thanks are specially due to Mr P. Vaux of Port Blair , for his hospitality to us during our stay in that place ; † and I am greatly indebted to Messrs O. T. Mason , G. S. Miller , and Dr C. W. Richmond , respectively , for the ...
... voyage , thanks are specially due to Mr P. Vaux of Port Blair , for his hospitality to us during our stay in that place ; † and I am greatly indebted to Messrs O. T. Mason , G. S. Miller , and Dr C. W. Richmond , respectively , for the ...
Page xii
... and Industries - Cultivation - Produce - Traders and Commerce . CHAPTER IV DAMPIER'S SOJOURN IN GREAT NICOBAR , AND VOYAGE THENCE TO ACHEEN IN A CANOE · 221 254 CONTENTS CHAPTER V AN OLD ACCOUNT OF KAR NICOBAR CHAPTER xii CONTENTS.
... and Industries - Cultivation - Produce - Traders and Commerce . CHAPTER IV DAMPIER'S SOJOURN IN GREAT NICOBAR , AND VOYAGE THENCE TO ACHEEN IN A CANOE · 221 254 CONTENTS CHAPTER V AN OLD ACCOUNT OF KAR NICOBAR CHAPTER xii CONTENTS.
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... voyage from the Nicobars we called at Olehleh , the port for Kota Rajah , Dutch capital of Acheen . Even a dissociation from them of only three months made the pink- white skins of the Europeans - sun - avoiding Dutch - seem strange and ...
... voyage from the Nicobars we called at Olehleh , the port for Kota Rajah , Dutch capital of Acheen . Even a dissociation from them of only three months made the pink- white skins of the Europeans - sun - avoiding Dutch - seem strange and ...
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... voyage was simple . We rose before 5 A.M .; and after a hurried chota hazri , rowed ashore the moment it grew at all light . The next five hours were passed collecting in the jungle ; and then returning on board , after a bath , change ...
... voyage was simple . We rose before 5 A.M .; and after a hurried chota hazri , rowed ashore the moment it grew at all light . The next five hours were passed collecting in the jungle ; and then returning on board , after a bath , change ...
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... voyage , and he can be trusted to any amount under 6000 pairs . 10th March 1853 , Off Lapáti Village , Car Nicobar . ( Sd . ) R. MIDDLETON , Commander . Barque Colonel Brown . " ( b ) " This is to certify that I have traded with Friend ...
... voyage , and he can be trusted to any amount under 6000 pairs . 10th March 1853 , Off Lapáti Village , Car Nicobar . ( Sd . ) R. MIDDLETON , Commander . Barque Colonel Brown . " ( b ) " This is to certify that I have traded with Friend ...
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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