| Asiatic Society of Bengal - 1807 - 504 Seiten
...(Nejabalus, probably Nicobars) 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 go quite naked. They have no em'... | |
| 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 countenance and eyes frightful, their feet are very large, and almoil a cubit in length, and they go quite naked. They have no forts... | |
| 1825 - 788 Seiten
...Beyond these two islands (of Rhamni) lies the sea of Andaman ; the people on this coast eai 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 go quite naked. They have no embarkations... | |
| James Silk Buckingham - 1825 - 816 Seiten
...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 ; their hair frizzled ; their countenance and eyes frightful ; their feet are very large, and almost a cubit in length ; and they go quite naked. They have no embarkations... | |
| 1860 - 740 Seiten
...Travels. " 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 go quite naked. They have no sorts... | |
| James Cowles Prichard - 1847 - 602 Seiten
...islands (Nejabalar, probably Nicobar) 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 go quite naked. They have no embarcations,... | |
| James Richardson Logan - 1859 - 394 Seiten
...century distinctly mention Andaman by its present name. Its inhabitants, they say, " 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 go quite naked. They have no boats,... | |
| Robert Gordon Latham - 1859 - 534 Seiten
...that beyond the Nicobar 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 go quite naked. They have no embarkations... | |
| 1867 - 1052 Seiten
...century, as quoted by Prichard, would answer well for the Biloos of Burma h : "The people cat human flesh quite raw ; their complexion is black, their hair frizzled, their countenance and eyes frightful ; their feet arc almost a cubit in length, and they go quite naked." The comic element, however, always... | |
| 1882 - 658 Seiten
...commencing with the Mahomedan travellers of the ninth century, already mentioned, who stated that " their complexion is black, their hair frizzled, their countenance and eyes frightful, their feet very large and almost a cubit in length, and they go quite naked ;" while Marco Polo (cir.... | |
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