CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER X. 



TJIE NICOBAR ISLANDS. 



Historical details respecting this Arcliipelago. — Arrival at Kar-Nicobar. — Com- 

 niuuicatiou with the Aborigines. — Tillage of Saoui and " Captain Johu." — 

 Meet with two white men. — Journey to the south side of the Island. — Village 

 of Komios. — Forest Scenery. — Batte-Malve. — Tillangschong. — Arrival and 

 stay at Nangkauri Harbour. — Village of Itoe. — Peak Mongkata on Kamorta. 

 —Villages of Enuang and Malacca. — Tripjet, the first settlement of the Mo- 

 ravian Brothers. — Uliila Cove. — Voyage through the Archipelago. — The 

 Island of Treis. — Pulo Miu. — Pandauus Eorest, — St. George's Channel. — 

 Island of Kondul. — Departure for the northern coast of Great Nicobar. — 

 Mangrove Swamp. — Malay traders. — Remarks upon the natives of Great 

 Nicobar. — Disaster to a boat dispatched to make Geodetical observations. — 

 Visit to the Southern Bay of Great Nicobar. — General results obtained during 

 the stay of the Expedition in this Ai'chipelago. — Nautical, Climatic, and 

 Geoguostic observations. — Vegetation. — Animal Life. — Ethnography. — Pros- 

 pects of this group of Islands in the way of settlement and cultivation. — 

 Voyage to the Straits of Malacca. — Arrival at Singapore .... 



CHAPTER XL 



SINGAPORE. 



Position of the Island. — Its previous history. — Sir Stamford RafBes' propositions 

 to make it a port of the British Government free to all sea-faring nations. — 

 The Island becomes part of the Crown property of England. — Extraordinary 

 development under the auspices of a Free Trade policy. — Our stay shortened 

 in consequence of the severity of the cholera. — Description of the city. — 

 Tigers. — Gambir. — The Betel plantations. — Inhabitants. — Chinese and Eu- 

 ropean labour. — Climate. — Diamond merchants. — Preparation of Pearl Sago. 

 — Opium farms. — Opium manufacture. — Opium smokers. — Intellectual ac- 

 -tivity. — Journalism. — Logan's "Journal of the Indian Archipelago." — School 



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