1 2 Voyage of the Novara. 



island of Kamorta, and first set up his establishment on the 

 so-called Frederick Hill, then on the adjoining Mongkata 

 Hill ; somewhat later on the island of Trinkut, and lastly on 

 the shore immediately beneath the Mongkata Hill. In De- 

 cember, 1834, after about a four years' stay, Pastor Rosen 

 left the islands, and in 1839 published, at Copenhagen, his 

 own experiences and personal observations, under the title : 

 " Enndringe7i om mit Ophold paa de Nikohariske Oerne''^ (Recol- 

 lections of my Residence on the Nicobar Islands). 



In 1835, the Roman Catholic Bishop of the Straits of Ma- 

 lacca dispatched to Kar-Nicobar two French missionaries, the 

 Fathers Chopard and Borie. But after a certain lapse of 

 time, during which their missionary efforts gave promise of 

 the most pleasing results, and when they had lived about a 

 year on the island, the pious work fell through, owing to the 

 credulity and prejudices of the natives, to whom the two 

 missionaries were represented by the crew of a ship from the 

 adjacent shores of the continent as English spies, whose ob- 

 ject jDrobably was to ascertain the products of the country, 

 which thereupon would speedily be annexed by the English 

 Government. The missionaries had to flee, and Borie ex- 

 pired in the arms of his companion before he could get off the 

 island. Chopard afterwards, in the year 1849, published his 

 adventures in this group of islands in the '' Asiatic Journal of 

 the Indian Archipelago," under the title, '^ A few Particulars 

 respecting the Nicobar IslandsP 



In March, 1815, Mr. Mackey, Danish Consul in Calcutta, 



