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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... lives of their fellows , their warders , or the officials of the Settlement . The transportation of European offenders is now discontinued , but a large number of female convicts are engaged mainly in turning the wool prepared in Viper ...
... lives of their fellows , their warders , or the officials of the Settlement . The transportation of European offenders is now discontinued , but a large number of female convicts are engaged mainly in turning the wool prepared in Viper ...
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... live in good dwellings , cultivate food products , and possess domesticated animals . The houses alone were typical of the change of race : those of the Negro peoples - the stock to which the Andamanese belong - are built directly on ...
... live in good dwellings , cultivate food products , and possess domesticated animals . The houses alone were typical of the change of race : those of the Negro peoples - the stock to which the Andamanese belong - are built directly on ...
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... live ashore . A flight of broad stairs , built against the cliff , led to its top , and then , after traversing two or three hundred yards of broad road , the agent's bungalow- " Temple Villa " - and the schoolhouse , both standing on ...
... live ashore . A flight of broad stairs , built against the cliff , led to its top , and then , after traversing two or three hundred yards of broad road , the agent's bungalow- " Temple Villa " - and the schoolhouse , both standing on ...
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... lives on terms of perfect equality with his neighbours . Beyond occasional illnesses , they have no cares or troubles , and there is absolutely no struggle for existence , coconuts and pandanus , their staple foods , being in such ...
... lives on terms of perfect equality with his neighbours . Beyond occasional illnesses , they have no cares or troubles , and there is absolutely no struggle for existence , coconuts and pandanus , their staple foods , being in such ...
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... live longer . " - Fontana , Asiatic Researches , vol . iii . , 1778 . + Pronounced like pain ( French ) . We were told on the west coast of Great Nicobar , that no valuables were kept in the village there for fear of the Shom Pen , but ...
... live longer . " - Fontana , Asiatic Researches , vol . iii . , 1778 . + Pronounced like pain ( French ) . We were told on the west coast of Great Nicobar , that no valuables were kept in the village there for fear of the Shom Pen , but ...
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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