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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... distances . For such little things as sunbirds , and for snakes , lizards , or for point - blank shots , we carried ... distance in yards , at a wretched little bird about the size of a sparrow ! To fire at flying birds in the jungle is ...
... distances . For such little things as sunbirds , and for snakes , lizards , or for point - blank shots , we carried ... distance in yards , at a wretched little bird about the size of a sparrow ! To fire at flying birds in the jungle is ...
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... distance . Inland , swelling hills clothed in densest jungle the topmost ridge capped by a delicate tracery of foliage that stands out clear cut in the pure atmosphere . Adjoining the sandy shore a grass - grown level expanse , with a ...
... distance . Inland , swelling hills clothed in densest jungle the topmost ridge capped by a delicate tracery of foliage that stands out clear cut in the pure atmosphere . Adjoining the sandy shore a grass - grown level expanse , with a ...
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... , which , a quarter of a mile from shore , is nearly everywhere 150 fathoms or more in depth . Approaching from the east , we caught a glimpse , while still THE LANDING - PLACE 11 some distance off , of 10 BARREN ISLAND AND ARCHIPELAGO.
... , which , a quarter of a mile from shore , is nearly everywhere 150 fathoms or more in depth . Approaching from the east , we caught a glimpse , while still THE LANDING - PLACE 11 some distance off , of 10 BARREN ISLAND AND ARCHIPELAGO.
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... distance off , of the black tip of an eruptive cone , showing above the rim of the crater , which at a nearer view proved to be of igneous basalt , clothed on the outer slopes with a growth of creepers , bushes , and of trees 50 to 60 ...
... distance off , of the black tip of an eruptive cone , showing above the rim of the crater , which at a nearer view proved to be of igneous basalt , clothed on the outer slopes with a growth of creepers , bushes , and of trees 50 to 60 ...
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... distance , all the islands of the Archipelago appear to rise to about the same height , -between 500 and 600 feet - pre- senting a fairly level sky - line from north to south , and with the exception of East Island , which shows a white ...
... distance , all the islands of the Archipelago appear to rise to about the same height , -between 500 and 600 feet - pre- senting a fairly level sky - line from north to south , and with the exception of East Island , which shows a white ...
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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