CONTENTS 



CHAPTER V 

 An Old Account of Kar Nicobar .... 



CHAPTER VI 

 Some Customs ok the Kar Nicobarese 



The Feast of Exhumation — A Scene in the Graveyard — ^^ Katap-hang" — 

 ^^Kiala" — ^^Enwan-n'gi" — Fish Charms — Canoe Offerings — ^^ Ramal" 

 —'"Gnunoia" — Converse with the Dead — " /Tetvt-apa" — '^Afaya" — 

 ^'^Yintovnd Slya" — Exorcism — ^^ Tanangla" — Other Ceremonies — The 

 *^Sano-kuv" — The ^^ Mafai" — The '■'■ Tamiluana"' — Mafai Ceremonies 

 — Burial — Mourning — Burial Scenes — The Origin of Village Gardens 

 — Destruction of Gardens — Eclipses — Canoe-buymg — Dances — Quarrels 

 — '■'■Amok" — Wizardry — Wizard Murders — Suicides — Land Sale and 

 Tenure — Dislike to Strangers — Cross-bow Accidents — Canoe \'oyages — 

 Commercial Occupations — Tallies. 



CHAPTER Vn 

 The Fauna of the Andamans and Nicobars . 



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APPENDICES 



A. — Average Wind and Weather in the Andamans 



B. — Principal Forest Trees of the Andamans 



C. — Notes on the Produce of the Andaman Forests 



D. — Census, Andaman Islands, 1901 . 



E. — Government Schools at Port Blair 



F. — Measurements of some Andamanese met at Rutland 

 Island ...... 



G. — Principal Flora of the Nicobars 



H. — Census, Nicobar Islands, 1901 and 1886 . 



I. — Trade Articles and their Value in the Nicobars 



J. — Presents and Barter in Demand during the Cruise 

 OF THE Terrapin .... 



K. — Measurements of some Nicobarese and Shom Pen 

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