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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Page ix
... Jungle - Birds - Coral Reefs- Parrots - Two New Rats -Inhabitants . CHAPTER II PAGE I 9 PORT BLAIR We enter the Harbour - Surveillance - Ross Island Pastimes - Visit the Chief Commissioner - The Harbour - Cellular Jail — Lime - kilns ...
... Jungle - Birds - Coral Reefs- Parrots - Two New Rats -Inhabitants . CHAPTER II PAGE I 9 PORT BLAIR We enter the Harbour - Surveillance - Ross Island Pastimes - Visit the Chief Commissioner - The Harbour - Cellular Jail — Lime - kilns ...
Page xi
... Jungle Life - Banian Trees - The Houses and their Peculiarity - The Natives - Practices and Beliefs - The Shom Pen - The Harbour - We ascend a River - Kingfishers - Water - Caves - Bats and Swallows- Nests - A Jungle Path - Menchál ...
... Jungle Life - Banian Trees - The Houses and their Peculiarity - The Natives - Practices and Beliefs - The Shom Pen - The Harbour - We ascend a River - Kingfishers - Water - Caves - Bats and Swallows- Nests - A Jungle Path - Menchál ...
Page xv
... Jungle Vegetation , Little Nicobar 99 99 124 126 29 29 Boys of Kondul Man with Pandanus Fruit , Kondul West Coast of Great Nicobar " " " " 132 " " 99 138 99 99 140 Man and Woman of the Shom Pen , and a Nicobarese 99 " " 142 A Village of ...
... Jungle Vegetation , Little Nicobar 99 99 124 126 29 29 Boys of Kondul Man with Pandanus Fruit , Kondul West Coast of Great Nicobar " " " " 132 " " 99 138 99 99 140 Man and Woman of the Shom Pen , and a Nicobarese 99 " " 142 A Village of ...
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... jungle ; and then returning on board , after a bath , change , and breakfast , the preservation of specimens went on until two o'clock ; next came tea , then more work until about 3 P.M. , when we once more rowed ashore and sought for ...
... jungle ; and then returning on board , after a bath , change , and breakfast , the preservation of specimens went on until two o'clock ; next came tea , then more work until about 3 P.M. , when we once more rowed ashore and sought for ...
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... jungle is both wasteful and un- profitable , for while a bird is only to be seen for a moment as it flashes between the branches , even if hit , it infallibly becomes lost in the dense luxuriance of vegetation . The chances in the ...
... jungle is both wasteful and un- profitable , for while a bird is only to be seen for a moment as it flashes between the branches , even if hit , it infallibly becomes lost in the dense luxuriance of vegetation . The chances in 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