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 viii
... killed while leading a puni- tive expedition against a section of the Jarawa tribe , who had recently murdered some wood - cutters . He rushed the last of several hostile camps by night , and took a number of prisoners ; but , treading ...
... killed while leading a puni- tive expedition against a section of the Jarawa tribe , who had recently murdered some wood - cutters . He rushed the last of several hostile camps by night , and took a number of prisoners ; but , treading ...
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... killing range of about 12 yards . There is no more perfect weapon for the collecting naturalist than the three - barrelled guns that we used - shot barrels fully choked , and the third , placed beneath the others , rifled for long .380 ...
... killing range of about 12 yards . There is no more perfect weapon for the collecting naturalist than the three - barrelled guns that we used - shot barrels fully choked , and the third , placed beneath the others , rifled for long .380 ...
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... killing the breeze and leaving 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 ...
... killing the breeze and leaving 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 ...
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... killed the assailant on the spot . The torches had gone out ; but the Viceroy , who had staggered over the pier side , was dimly seen rising up in the knee - deep water and clearing the hair off his brow with his hand , as if recovering ...
... killed the assailant on the spot . The torches had gone out ; but the Viceroy , who had staggered over the pier side , was dimly seen rising up in the knee - deep water and clearing the hair off his brow with his hand , as if recovering ...
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... killed for these occasions by being speared through the heart , are doubtless an introduced species , for they attain immense proportions and are of many colours : — black and white , brown , brown and white , etc. The young , however ...
... killed for these occasions by being speared through the heart , are doubtless an introduced species , for they attain immense proportions and are of many colours : — black and white , brown , brown and white , etc. The young , however ...
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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