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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... Nyur - Water - A Boat Expedition - The Alexandra River -Shom Pen Villages - Kópenhéat - More Shom Pen - Elephantiasis- Pet Monkeys - Anchorage . PAGE 95 103 118 131 141 CHAPTER XIV GREAT NICOBAR - WEST AND SOUTH COASTS "
... Nyur - Water - A Boat Expedition - The Alexandra River -Shom Pen Villages - Kópenhéat - More Shom Pen - Elephantiasis- Pet Monkeys - Anchorage . PAGE 95 103 118 131 141 CHAPTER XIV GREAT NICOBAR - WEST AND SOUTH COASTS "
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... boat , leaving 3 - feet gangways on either 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 ...
... boat , leaving 3 - feet gangways on either 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 ...
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... boat in the tropics than white men , even if the latter could be obtained . They can put up with more restricted ... boats - an 18 - feet double- ender for four oars , and a beamy 10 - feet dinghy that best carries a crew of three . The ...
... boat in the tropics than white men , even if the latter could be obtained . They can put up with more restricted ... boats - an 18 - feet double- ender for four oars , and a beamy 10 - feet dinghy that best carries a crew of three . The ...
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... boat when cruising away from regular supplies for health is largely dependent on this point . For so long as flour will keep good it is pleasant to have fresh bread , but experience on this and other cruises is that it gets full of ...
... boat when cruising away from regular supplies for health is largely dependent on this point . For so long as flour will keep good it is pleasant to have fresh bread , but experience on this and other cruises is that it gets full of ...
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... boat rolling uncomfort ably on the surface ; and when the furious downpour is over , and the night is quiet once more , all that remains to show the past disturbance is sodden canvas , stiffened cordage , and the uneasy heave of the ...
... boat rolling uncomfort ably on the surface ; and when the furious downpour is over , and the night is quiet once more , all that remains to show the past disturbance is sodden canvas , stiffened cordage , and the uneasy heave of the ...
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amongst anchor andamanensis Andamanese Andamans and Nicobars APPENDIX Arakan ashore bamboo Beach forest birds Blyth boat Burmese canoe Captain ceremony Chaura Chinese cloth coast coco palms coconuts colour coral cotton dance decorated Elephantiasis Elpanam fathoms fauna feast feet festival fish Friend of England fruit Gurjan harbour headman houses Hume inches Indian inhabitants Interior Jarawas jungle Kachal Kamorta Kar Nicobar killed Kondul Lamk land latter Linn Little Andaman Little Nicobar mafai Malacca Malay Malayan mangroves megapode miles monsoon Mūs Nancowry Nankauri natives Nicobar Islands Nicobarese nicobarica night obtained Offandi Padouk palm leaves pandanus piece pigs Port Blair possess Pulo rattan reef round rowed Rutland Island sail schooner seems Settlement ship Shom Pen shore side species specimens Sumatra tamiluanas Tanamara Teressa Terrapin Tilanchong toddy traders trees Trinkat vessel village voyage wind women wood yards نے نے