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Historical details respecting this Archipelago. — Arrival at 

 ' '' Kar-Nicobar.— Communication with the Aborigines. — 



Village of Saoui and " Captain John." — 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 

 Moravian Brothers. — Ulala Cove. — Voyage through the Archipelago. 

 — The Island of Trcis. — Pulo Milii.— Pandanus Forest. — 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 <4 m 



Geodetical observations. — Visit to the Southern Bay of Great Nicobar. ^i'ln'/, 

 — General results obtained during the stay of the Expedition in this |,r^ 



Archipelago. — Nautical, Climatic, and Geognostic observations. — Vege- -^H^^ 

 tation. — Animal Life. — Ethnography. — Prospects of this gi-oup of Is- filP^ 

 lands in the way of settlement and cultivation. — Voyage to the Straits tj^fv/ 

 of Malacca. — Arrival at Singapore. \ ■■iA-r" 



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formation to tliis cluster of islands (situated in the Bay « m/.F 

 of Bengal, between 6" 50' and 9" 10' N., and 93° and k 

 94° E.), appear to have been Arabian traders, who, on their 



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