 Beyond these two islands lies the sea of Andaman ; the people on this coast eat human flesh quite raw; their complexion is black, their hair frizzled, their countenance and eyes frightful, their feet are very large, and almost a cubit in length, and they...  The Oriental Herald - Seite 3761825Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Richard Hole - 1797 - 276 Seiten
...through through which Sindbad appears to have been fteering his courfe), the people eat human flefli quite raw, their complexion is black, their hair frizzled, their countenance and eyes frightful." Modern navigators likewife reprefent many iflands in this bay as inhabited by Cannibals, particularly... | |
 | Asiatic Society of Bengal - 1807 - 504 Seiten
...two islands (Nejabalus, probably Nicobars) lies ' the sea of Andaman; the people on this coast eat human flesh ' quite raw; their complexion is black,...cubit in length, and they go quite naked. They have no em' fabrications; if they had, they would devour all the passengers ' they could lay hands on>" &c.... | |
 | John Pinkerton - 1811 - 862 Seiten
...Beyond thefe two iflands lies the fea of Andaman : the people on this coail eat human fleih quite raw j their complexion is black, their hair frizzled, their...and eyes frightful, their feet are very large, and almoil a cubit in length, and they go quite naked. They have no forts of barks or other veifels ; if... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1811 - 564 Seiten
...complexion is black, with frizzled hair, their countenance and eyes frightful, their feet very large, almost a cubit in length, and they go quite naked. They have no sort of barks or other vessels, or they would-seize and devour all the passengers they could lay their... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1811 - 556 Seiten
...complexion is black, with frizzled hair, their countenance and eyes frightful, their feet very large, almost a cubit in length, and they go quite naked. They have no sort of barks or other vessels, or they would seize and devour all the passengers they could lay their... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1824 - 600 Seiten
...complexion is black, with frizzled hair, their countenance and eyes frightful, their feet very large, almost a cubit in length, and they go quite naked. They have no sort of barks or other vessels, or they would seize and devour all the passengers they could lay their... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1825 - 816 Seiten
...relations. " Beyond these two Islands (of Rhamni) lies the sea of Andaman ; the people on this coast eat human flesh quite raw ; their complexion is black...they would devour all the passengers they could lay hands on. When ships have been kept back by contrary winds, they are often in these seas obliged to... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1827 - 648 Seiten
...these two isl« ands (probably the Nicobars) lies the sea of Andaman. ' The people on this coast eat human flesh quite raw. • Their complexion is black, their hair frizzled, their conn• tenance and eyes frightful, their feet are very large, al' most a cubit, and they go quite... | |
 | Michael Symes - 1827 - 344 Seiten
...these two id« antis (probably the Nicobars) lies the sea of Andaman. ' The people on this coast eat human flesh quite raw. ' Their complexion is black, their hair frizzled, their couri' tenance and eyes frightful, their feet are very large, al' most a cubit, and they go quite naked.... | |
 | James Richardson Logan - 1859 - 394 Seiten
...the ninth century distinctly mention Andaman by its present name. Its inhabitants, they say, " eat human flesh quite raw, their complexion is black,...cubit in length and they go quite naked. They have no boats, if they had they would devour all passengers they could lay hands on". Four centuries later,... | |
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