IN THE ANDAMANS AND 

 NICOBARS 



PART I 



INTRODUCTION 



The Terrapiti — Crew — Itinerary of the Cruise — Daily Routine — Provisions 

 and Supplies — Collecting Apparatus — Guns — Shooting — Path-making — 

 Clothing — Head-dress — A Scene in the Tropics — Native Indolence — 

 Attractive Memories. 



The Terrapin, captain and owner Dr W. L. Abbott, is a 

 Singapore-built teak schooner of 40 tons register and 6^ tons 

 yacht measurement. She is 65 feet long on the water-line, and 16 

 feet broad, and has been given an almost box-shaped midship 

 section, partly to afford sufficient inside space for the ballast (iron), 

 but principally with the idea that when she takes the ground she 

 may not heel to any uncomfortable extent. The draught is 'j\ feet, 

 but two years' experience has proved that this is too much for the 

 class of cruising she is engaged in. The crew are berthed forward, 

 and aft is a large hold where tanks containing about 3 tons of water, 

 supplies, cables, etc., are stored. A large raised trunk hatch about 

 2 1 feet high covers the central third of the boat, leaving 3-feet 

 gangways on either side. This structure affords ample head-room 

 below, and gives coolness and abundant ventilation by means of 

 windows which open all round it. Sailing in the tropics, with the 

 thermometer constantly standing at 84° or so in the shade, 

 necessitates for any comfort a very different arrangement from 

 what would be fitting at home. Whenever possible, the boat, while 



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