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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... side . This structure affords ample head - room below , and gives coolness and abundant ventilation by means of windows which open all round it . Sailing in the tropics , with the thermometer constantly standing at 84 ° or so in the ...
... side . This structure affords ample head - room below , and gives coolness and abundant ventilation by means of windows which open all round it . Sailing in the tropics , with the thermometer constantly standing at 84 ° or so in the ...
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... side of the island the wall of the old crater has been broken down , and a large gap about a hundred yards wide at the base affords an easy means of access to the interior . is through this opening that the best view of the cone is ...
... side of the island the wall of the old crater has been broken down , and a large gap about a hundred yards wide at the base affords an easy means of access to the interior . is through this opening that the best view of the cone is ...
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... side to side , some 200 yards distant from the sea . The level ground at the base of the cone , widest on the southern side , is covered with tall bamboo grass and various kinds of low bushes . On the inner slopes of the crater , the ...
... side to side , some 200 yards distant from the sea . The level ground at the base of the cone , widest on the southern side , is covered with tall bamboo grass and various kinds of low bushes . On the inner slopes of the crater , the ...
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... sides , composed mainly of volcanic ash , afford foothold only to a coarse tussocky plant growing in clumps on the loose ... side of the crater . In the next thirty years , the remote from the cone ( Blair ) : while as late as 1866 there ...
... sides , composed mainly of volcanic ash , afford foothold only to a coarse tussocky plant growing in clumps on the loose ... side of the crater . In the next thirty years , the remote from the cone ( Blair ) : while as late as 1866 there ...
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... side of the cone ; while the sole evidence of activity now to be observed is the deposition of sulphur , and an escape of steam that often condenses on the surface rocks . - Concerning the fauna of the island , birds - inside the crater ...
... side of the cone ; while the sole evidence of activity now to be observed is the deposition of sulphur , and an escape of steam that often condenses on the surface rocks . - Concerning the fauna of the island , birds - inside the crater ...
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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