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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... WIND AND WEATHER IN THE ANDAMANS 335 B. - PRINCIPAL FOREST TREES OF THE ANDAMANS 336 C. - NOTES ON THE PRODUCE OF THE ANDAMAN FORESTS 339 D. CENSUS , ANDAMAN ISLANDS , 1901 342 E. GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS AT PORT BLAIR 343 F. - MEASUREMENTS ...
... WIND AND WEATHER IN THE ANDAMANS 335 B. - PRINCIPAL FOREST TREES OF THE ANDAMANS 336 C. - NOTES ON THE PRODUCE OF THE ANDAMAN FORESTS 339 D. CENSUS , ANDAMAN ISLANDS , 1901 342 E. GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS AT PORT BLAIR 343 F. - MEASUREMENTS ...
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... wind , save when it fell calm for a space , and the sun was so hot that we gladly sought shelter in the cabin , where occupation might be found with a book . Once we harpooned a porpoise , but he broke away from the iron , and now and ...
... wind , save when it fell calm for a space , and the sun was so hot that we gladly sought shelter in the cabin , where occupation might be found with a book . Once we harpooned a porpoise , but he broke away from the iron , and now and ...
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... wind . comes tearing down and whistles loudly in the rigging , while with lowered 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 ...
... wind . comes tearing down and whistles loudly in the rigging , while with lowered 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 ...
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... wind astern , we made the run to Port Blair in about seven hours . Easily picking up the Settlement while some distance off , on account of its proximity to Mount Harriet - a pointed hill rising about 1200 feet — we came to anchor to ...
... wind astern , we made the run to Port Blair in about seven hours . Easily picking up the Settlement while some distance off , on account of its proximity to Mount Harriet - a pointed hill rising about 1200 feet — we came to anchor to ...
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... wind - warped limbs . Below , the effect is stranger still , for the shrubs and bushes grow in rows running inland from the beach , so that one can walk up and down between them as in the lines of an artificial plantation . The beach on ...
... wind - warped limbs . Below , the effect is stranger still , for the shrubs and bushes grow in rows running inland from the beach , so that one can walk up and down between them as in the lines of an artificial plantation . The beach on ...
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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