In the Andamans and Nicobars: The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin", with Notices of the Islands, Their Fauna, Ethnology, EtcJ. Murray, 1903 - 373 pages |
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... Friend of England " " Frank Thomson " . Little John " -Thirst for Information- Natives ' Nick - names - Mission School Boys ' Work - A Truant - The Advantage of Canoes - A Spill — Our Method of Landing - Collecting Native Birds - A New ...
... Friend of England " " Frank Thomson " . Little John " -Thirst for Information- Natives ' Nick - names - Mission School Boys ' Work - A Truant - The Advantage of Canoes - A Spill — Our Method of Landing - Collecting Native Birds - A New ...
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... Friend of England " Mission Boys and Burmese Teacher , Kar Nicobar " Talik N'gi " ( The Place of the Baby ) , Mūs Village Kar Nicobarese • 97 36 36 50 52 " " 99 54 " " 99 56 $ 9 60 99 Women and Children , Kar Nicobar 99 99 64 Terrapin ...
... Friend of England " Mission Boys and Burmese Teacher , Kar Nicobar " Talik N'gi " ( The Place of the Baby ) , Mūs Village Kar Nicobarese • 97 36 36 50 52 " " 99 54 " " 99 56 $ 9 60 99 Women and Children , Kar Nicobar 99 99 64 Terrapin ...
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... friends of a deceased person are qualified to wear his disinterred bones , and the skull often passes round amongst a considerable number of people . We were agreeably surprised at the appearance of the natives , as they were clean ...
... friends of a deceased person are qualified to wear his disinterred bones , and the skull often passes round amongst a considerable number of people . We were agreeably surprised at the appearance of the natives , as they were clean ...
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... friends , and when on our departure I presented her with my handkerchief ( all that I then had left ) as a souvenir of our visit - as I gravely tied it about her head , I am sure we made an impres- sive picture . The huts , or cháng ...
... friends , and when on our departure I presented her with my handkerchief ( all that I then had left ) as a souvenir of our visit - as I gravely tied it about her head , I am sure we made an impres- sive picture . The huts , or cháng ...
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... friendship common to nearly all savages - the green branch of a tree . Very soon , however , we found that the waving leaves were for a far more practical purpose , and that the creek thoroughly deserved its name . Bumila is S ...
... friendship common to nearly all savages - the green branch of a tree . Very soon , however , we found that the waving leaves were for a far more practical purpose , and that the creek thoroughly deserved its name . Bumila is S ...
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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