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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... feet long on the water - line , and 16 feet broad , and has been given an almost box - shaped midship section , partly to afford sufficient inside space for the ballast ( iron ) , but principally with the idea that when she takes the ...
... feet long on the water - line , and 16 feet broad , and has been given an almost box - shaped midship section , partly to afford sufficient inside space for the ballast ( iron ) , but principally with the idea that when she takes the ...
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... feet double- ender for four oars , and a beamy 10 - feet dinghy that best carries a crew of three . The schooner steers with a wheel . The Terrapin left Singapore in October 1900 and , subsequent to calling at Penang , cruised off the ...
... feet double- ender for four oars , and a beamy 10 - feet dinghy that best carries a crew of three . The schooner steers with a wheel . The Terrapin left Singapore in October 1900 and , subsequent to calling at Penang , cruised off the ...
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... feet high , and a mush- room - helmeted sportsman , it will be seen that comfort and a large bag are incompatible . A long training in the Sistine Chapel is necessary for this work . Absurd as it may seem , my spine in the region of the ...
... feet high , and a mush- room - helmeted sportsman , it will be seen that comfort and a large bag are incompatible . A long training in the Sistine Chapel is necessary for this work . Absurd as it may seem , my spine in the region of the ...
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... feet high , frequented by numbers of fruit pigeons . It On the north - west side of the island the wall of the old crater has been broken down , and a large gap about a hundred yards wide at the base affords an easy means of access to ...
... feet high , frequented by numbers of fruit pigeons . It On the north - west side of the island the wall of the old crater has been broken down , and a large gap about a hundred yards wide at the base affords an easy means of access to ...
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... feet above sea level . In the centre of this rises the little cone of slightly truncated form . Symmetrical in outline , 1000 feet high and perhaps 2000 feet in diameter at the base , there is nothing it reminds one of more closely than ...
... feet above sea level . In the centre of this rises the little cone of slightly truncated form . Symmetrical in outline , 1000 feet high and perhaps 2000 feet in diameter at the base , there is nothing it reminds one of more closely than ...
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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