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 17
... possessed with curiosity to know what is wrong , as to be , for the time , perfectly oblivious of the collector and his gun , while they sit around or fly nearer and nearer to their wounded companion and answer its loud croaking notes ...
... possessed with curiosity to know what is wrong , as to be , for the time , perfectly oblivious of the collector and his gun , while they sit around or fly nearer and nearer to their wounded companion and answer its loud croaking notes ...
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... possesses a very complete ethnological collection of Andamanese and Nicobarese articles , and an aviary containing a great number of the birds inhabiting the two groups of islands . All these objects we were fortunate enough to see ...
... possesses a very complete ethnological collection of Andamanese and Nicobarese articles , and an aviary containing a great number of the birds inhabiting the two groups of islands . All these objects we were fortunate enough to see ...
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... extremely graceful , and who possessed one of the sweetest combination of notes heard in the jungle . With such specimens in my bag , I presently came on a APPEARANCE OF THE NATIVES 31 little stream , and after 30 MACPHERSON STRAIT.
... extremely graceful , and who possessed one of the sweetest combination of notes heard in the jungle . With such specimens in my bag , I presently came on a APPEARANCE OF THE NATIVES 31 little stream , and after 30 MACPHERSON STRAIT.
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... possessed little accuracy at more than a quarter of that distance . In return for the various articles obtained , we gave an axe , a parang , a file , a number of long French nails , and a quantity of red cotton , with which things they ...
... possessed little accuracy at more than a quarter of that distance . In return for the various articles obtained , we gave an axe , a parang , a file , a number of long French nails , and a quantity of red cotton , with which things they ...
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... large baskets were slung up to the roof , and two rows of pigs ' skulls ornamented the walls , showing from their numbers ( about 500 ) that there was no lack of food . " - M . V. Portman . possess a few iron tools , such as small axes.
... large baskets were slung up to the roof , and two rows of pigs ' skulls ornamented the walls , showing from their numbers ( about 500 ) that there was no lack of food . " - M . V. Portman . possess a few iron tools , such as small axes.
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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