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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... ship's biscuits , rice , etc. Potatoes and onions will keep well for six months , and " sauerkraut , " or Chinese preserved greens , are useful articles . Many of the birds shot for specimens on this cruise , megapodes , pigeons , and ...
... ship's biscuits , rice , etc. Potatoes and onions will keep well for six months , and " sauerkraut , " or Chinese preserved greens , are useful articles . Many of the birds shot for specimens on this cruise , megapodes , pigeons , and ...
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... ship , when away from civilisation , we invariably wore a similar dress , or the national garment of Malaya , the sarong , than which nothing is more comfortable in a hot climate , unless it be the exceedingly sensible dress of the ...
... ship , when away from civilisation , we invariably wore a similar dress , or the national garment of Malaya , the sarong , than which nothing is more comfortable in a hot climate , unless it be the exceedingly sensible dress of the ...
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... ships ' bells had just rung seven ; the launch , with steam up , was whizzing at the jetty stairs ; a group of her seamen were chatting on the pierhead . It was now quite dark , and the black line of the jungle seemed to touch the ...
... ships ' bells had just rung seven ; the launch , with steam up , was whizzing at the jetty stairs ; a group of her seamen were chatting on the pierhead . It was now quite dark , and the black line of the jungle seemed to touch the ...
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... ships passing through the Archipelago . At the northernmost group of these islets , the Cinques , we spent a day , before visiting the coast of Little Andaman . The two islands , which are narrow and hilly , stretch for about 6 miles in ...
... ships passing through the Archipelago . At the northernmost group of these islets , the Cinques , we spent a day , before visiting the coast of Little Andaman . The two islands , which are narrow and hilly , stretch for about 6 miles in ...
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... ship , and yet with it all the sea was quite unbroken save for the line of surf along the beach . The bigger trading - vessels - brigs and barquentines - anchored more off shore , and , because of their greater size , were scarcely ...
... ship , and yet with it all the sea was quite unbroken save for the line of surf along the beach . The bigger trading - vessels - brigs and barquentines - anchored more off shore , and , because of their greater size , were scarcely ...
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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