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During the N.E. monsoon it is also practicable to avail 

 oneself of the bay on the S. side of Kar-Nicobar, or to anchor 

 anywhere along the W. side of the island, but such anchor- 

 ages possess no other protection than is afforded by long 

 points of land projecting far into the ocean, and usually 

 protracted by coral-reefs. 



Both in the bay of Saoui, and on the south side of Kar-Ni- 

 cobar, are found small brooks, which run with water even 

 during the dry season. It is difficult however to water here- 

 abouts, because these rivulets are blocked up with sand-bars, 

 not to speak of the obstacles interposed to the landing of 

 boats, by the tremendous surf and the low swampy shore at 

 most periods of the year. In cases of extreme necessity, 

 however, the little rivulet called the Areca might with some 

 difficulty be made available. 



Chowra, Kamorta, and Bampoka, have no regular anchor- 

 ages ; a vessel must be content to ride to leeward of that coast, 

 which will act as a shelter against whichever monsoon hap- 

 pens to be blowing. Disembarkation by means of boats is 

 extremely difficult, and it is much better to make use of a 

 native canoe, which, after transporting the visitor through the 

 surf to the land, can be more easily drawn up on the beach. 



Tillangschong possesses a beautiful harbour on the S. side, _ 

 which however is open to the S.E., but during the greater 

 part of the year affords an excellent anchorage. The most 

 southerly point has numerous cliffs and needles of rock 

 where it projects into the sea, but it is possible to approach 



