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others, jumped overboard with a yell of rage, when the rest 

 immediately followed suit. We then found that a rowlock had 

 been carried off; but when we turned towards the shore with 

 the momentary idea of recovering it, the natives all disappeared 

 into the jungle, so we rowed off with three oars, and reached 

 the schooner about 7.30 P.M. 



Next morning, on landing to shoot, we found the little con- 

 tretemps of the night before entirely ignored, for a party of 

 natives was waiting for us at the creek. 



Although, probably, not collected on before, the island, during 

 the few hours we spent on it, produced nothing fresh in the 

 way of birds. Abbott, however, bagged the pig peculiar to 

 the group {Stis andamanensis), which, like the human inhabi- 

 tants, is diminutive in stature. Our specimen, although a full- 

 grown boar, stood only 20 inches high at the shoulder, and 

 was just double that in length of head and body. He was 

 skinned on the spot, and the carcase, together with a viviparous 

 shark we had caught during the night, and a quantity of red 

 cotton, we presented to the natives as a parting gift, and then, 

 shaking hands with them all round, we said farewell to the 

 Andamans and put to sea. 



