In the Andamans and Nicobars: The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin", with Notices of the Islands, Their Fauna, Ethnology, EtcJohn Murray, 1903 - 373 pages |
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... Young Bats -Traces of the Shom Pen - Bird Life - Fish - Ganges Harbour - Land Subsidence - Tupais - We Explore the Harbour - A Jungle Pig- " Jubilee " River - Chinese Navigation - Rainy Weather - Kondul Boys -Coconuts - Chinese Rowing ...
... Young Bats -Traces of the Shom Pen - Bird Life - Fish - Ganges Harbour - Land Subsidence - Tupais - We Explore the Harbour - A Jungle Pig- " Jubilee " River - Chinese Navigation - Rainy Weather - Kondul Boys -Coconuts - Chinese Rowing ...
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... young coconuts without first having to climb for them . " Only to hear and see the far - off brine , Only to hear were sweet , stretched out beneath the pine . " Is it fair that we should call the native of the tropics lazy because in ...
... young coconuts without first having to climb for them . " Only to hear and see the far - off brine , Only to hear were sweet , stretched out beneath the pine . " Is it fair that we should call the native of the tropics lazy because in ...
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... young , however , are all striped when born . Adjacent to these " Town Halls " + are the stores of the * In contradistinction to the village , which is known as " panam . ” + These large buildings in Elpanam are equivalent to the ...
... young , however , are all striped when born . Adjacent to these " Town Halls " + are the stores of the * In contradistinction to the village , which is known as " panam . ” + These large buildings in Elpanam are equivalent to the ...
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... young man . He supplied me with a great quantity of nuts last 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 ...
... young man . He supplied me with a great quantity of nuts last 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 ...
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... Young Edwin , James Snooks , Lorenzo , Lady - killer , and others . Mr Solomon's efforts in education have received little support from the community ; for by handing over their children to his discipline , the parents lose their ...
... Young Edwin , James Snooks , Lorenzo , Lady - killer , and others . Mr Solomon's efforts in education have received little support from the community ; for by handing over their children to his discipline , the parents lose their ...
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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