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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... Woman of Kar Nicobar ; Kar Nicobar Boy ( showing Epicanthus ) ; Kar Nicobar Boy ( in pro- file , showing Prognathism ) Woman and Man Wearing the " Tá - Chökla , ” Kar Nicobar Man and Woman of Kar Nicobar ( in profile ) . XV To face page ...
... Woman of Kar Nicobar ; Kar Nicobar Boy ( showing Epicanthus ) ; Kar Nicobar Boy ( in pro- file , showing Prognathism ) Woman and Man Wearing the " Tá - Chökla , ” Kar Nicobar Man and Woman of Kar Nicobar ( in profile ) . XV To face page ...
Page 63
... woman stealing the orange , etc. , the obvious remedy was to send them away . Accordingly , the missionaries were waited on , and told respectfully that they must leave at the first opportunity : that the natives were not to be joked ...
... woman stealing the orange , etc. , the obvious remedy was to send them away . Accordingly , the missionaries were waited on , and told respectfully that they must leave at the first opportunity : that the natives were not to be joked ...
Page 76
... woman who bears three children is very fruitful ; few bear more than four . No men seem older than forty or fifty ; women live longer . " - Fontana , Asiatic Researches , vol . iii . , 1778 . + Pronounced like pain ( French ) . We were ...
... woman who bears three children is very fruitful ; few bear more than four . No men seem older than forty or fifty ; women live longer . " - Fontana , Asiatic Researches , vol . iii . , 1778 . + Pronounced like pain ( French ) . We were ...
Page 77
... woman who is nearest of kin to the deceased steps out from the crowd , digs up the skull and draws it up in her hands . ( The office is always performed by the women , whichever sex the skull belongs to . A man in a fantastic garb ...
... woman who is nearest of kin to the deceased steps out from the crowd , digs up the skull and draws it up in her hands . ( The office is always performed by the women , whichever sex the skull belongs to . A man in a fantastic garb ...
Page 83
... woman , who danced most perseveringly , was so intoxicated , that , whenever her neighbours took away the support of their arms , she fell over , and was too helpless to rise unaided . " Seated on boxes we watched the performance , and ...
... woman , who danced most perseveringly , was so intoxicated , that , whenever her neighbours took away the support of their arms , she fell over , and was too helpless to rise unaided . " Seated on boxes we watched the performance , and ...
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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