In the Andamans and Nicobars: The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin", with Notices of the Islands, Their Fauna, Ethnology, EtcJ. Murray, 1903 - 373 pages |
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... India - is carefully respected , and the Brahmin prisoners are nearly all employed as cooks . The majority of the convicts are from the Indian Peninsula , and are resident for life . Of the Burmese , however , the greater part are ...
... India - is carefully respected , and the Brahmin prisoners are nearly all employed as cooks . The majority of the convicts are from the Indian Peninsula , and are resident for life . Of the Burmese , however , the greater part are ...
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... Indian cows that were kept by the agent . The Nicobarese do not use milk , and a herd of cattle given to them when the settlement at Nankauri was abolished , are now roaming over Trinkat in a semi - wild state , very occasionally losing ...
... Indian cows that were kept by the agent . The Nicobarese do not use milk , and a herd of cattle given to them when the settlement at Nankauri was abolished , are now roaming over Trinkat in a semi - wild state , very occasionally losing ...
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... Indian Government. The headman was, for a Nicobarese, a very travelled individual, for he had spent a month in Calcutta, ten days in Penang, and various periods at Port Blair ; and as a result, had a really working knowledge of several ...
... Indian Government. The headman was, for a Nicobarese, a very travelled individual, for he had spent a month in Calcutta, ten days in Penang, and various periods at Port Blair ; and as a result, had a really working knowledge of several ...
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... Indian Government . The headman was , for a Nicobarese , a very travelled individual , for he had spent a month in Calcutta , ten days in Penang , and various periods at Port Blair ; and as a result , had a really working knowledge of ...
... Indian Government . The headman was , for a Nicobarese , a very travelled individual , for he had spent a month in Calcutta , ten days in Penang , and various periods at Port Blair ; and as a result , had a really working knowledge of ...
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... manned by juvenile paddlers , he always , * " A century ago , all the natives of Kar Nicobar spoke the Portuguese of the Indian Eurasians . " - Hamilton , Asiatic Researches , vol . ii . as he neared the schooner , took from his pocket.
... manned by juvenile paddlers , he always , * " A century ago , all the natives of Kar Nicobar spoke the Portuguese of the Indian Eurasians . " - Hamilton , Asiatic Researches , vol . ii . as he neared the schooner , took from his pocket.
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aborigines amongst anchored Andaman and Nicobar Andamanese appearance Arakan Archipelago ashore Asiatic bamboo Beach forest birds boat Burmese canoe Captain ceremony Chaura Chinese cloth coast coco palms coconuts colour convict coral cotton covered crew dancing Elpanam face fathoms feast feet fish Friend of England fruit Galathea head headman houses Hume inches Indian inhabitants interior Jarawas jungle Kachal Kamorta Kar Nicobar Kondul land latter Linn Little Andaman Little Nicobar mafai Malacca Malay Malayan mangroves megapode miles monsoon Mūs Nancowry Nankauri Harbour natives Nicobar Islands Nicobarese night obtained Öngés palm leaves pandanus pigs Port Blair possess Pulo Milo rattan reef round rowed Rutland Island sail schooner seemed Settlement ship Shom Pen shore side spears species specimens spirits Sumatra tamiluanas Tanamara Teressa Terrapin Tilanchong trade trees Trinkat vessel village voyage wind women wood yards نے