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traders with their profitable cargoes make their way back to 

 Penang, and the other places along the coast of the peninsula 

 of Malacca. Thanks to the presence of these people, the 

 members of the Expedition were enabled to compare the 

 Nicobar idiom with that of the Malays, and could thus ascer- 

 tain the exceeding discrepancies between these two languages.* 

 These merchants ordinarily bring with them a few individuals 

 who have a slight knowledge of the Nicobar language, as 'the 

 Malay tongue is not understood anywhere in this archipelago. 



One of the Malay seamen, named Tschingl, from Penang, 

 whose caste was indicated by ih.Q long stripes of a bluish green 

 colour painted upon his dark brown forehead, peculiar to the 

 Hindu god Siva, told us that he recollected being employ- 

 ed as a boy In the service of Pastor Rosen on the island of 

 Kamorta, with whom he remained till his return to Europe. 

 He spoke with much admiration of that estimable and 

 thoroughly deserving gentleman, and remarked that many 

 Chinese and other settlers had accompanied him to Kamorta, 

 all of whom speedily succumbed to the fever. 



The native known as John Bull, who had followed us 

 hither from Pulo Milu, made his appearance at the bay, ac- 

 companied by some of his kindred, and brought us some 

 provisions. He seemed firmly to believe that in the Interior 

 of the island of Sambelong, in its southern part, there existed 

 some wild Inhabitants of a different race, Baju-oal-Tschua 

 (or jimglemen, as he called them), who lived entirely In the 



* See Appendix. 



