INDEX 



A. = "Andamanese" or "Andamun Islands" 

 N. = "Nicobarese" or "Nicobar Islands" 

 K.N. = " Kar Nicobarese" or " Kar Nicobar" 

 S.P. = ''Shorn Pen" 



Aborigines of the Andaman Islands, the 

 Seclusion, 173, 184 

 Remote migration, 184 

 Predatory voyages, 2 1 5 

 Kitchen-middens, 184 

 Aborigines of the Nicobar Islands, the 

 Inhabitants of Nicobars two distinct 



ethnical groups, 215 

 The Shorn Pen, 215-220 

 Derivation, 2 1 5-2 1 7 

 Population, 215 



Hostility to Nicobarese, 76, 215, 220 

 Appearance, 217, 218 



Measurements of some Shorn Pcii, 



.353, 354 

 Disposition, 220 

 Language, 220 

 Comparison of some Shorn Pen and 



Nicobarese words, 155 

 Diseases, 220 

 Headmen, 219 

 Position of women, 220 

 Respective occcupations of the sexes, 

 220 

 Rattan collecting, 219, 220 

 Dress and ornaments, 219 

 Huts, 218 

 Gardens, 218 

 Domestic animals, 219 

 Water-supply, 220 

 Trade, 219 

 Cultivations, 218 

 Manufactures, 219 

 Cloth, 219 



Spears, 219, 243, 244 

 Baskets, 219 

 Cooking-vessel, 219 



A possible origin of pottery, 219. 

 see "Great Nicobar" 

 Adoption, custom of, N., 84 

 Ai-yii-a-kare, K.N., 302 

 Aka-Balawa, tribe of. A., 17, 342 

 350 



Ambergris, N., 252, 279 

 Amhai, K.N., 299 

 Amok, causes of, 312 



Instances of, N., 312 

 Amusements, Port Blair, A., 20 

 Amusements, N., 251 

 Amutna A'liv, K.N., 302, 303 

 Anchorages. See under names of islands 

 Andaman, Great. See "Great Andaman" 

 Andaman Islands, the, 168 

 Position, 167 



Relationship, 167, 168, 171, 321, 327 

 Soundings, 168, 320 

 Coral banks, 1 70 

 Area, 168 



Geology, 174, 175, 176 

 Minerals, 176 

 Subsidence, 176 

 \'olcanic action, 174 

 Earthquakes, 176 

 Climate, 173 

 Rainfall, 173 

 Temperature, 173 

 Cyclones, 174 



Average wind and weather, 335 

 Scenery, 170 

 Mountains, 169 

 Harbours, 171 

 Flora, 171, 172 



Principal forest trees, 336-338 

 Fauna 



Birds, 326-328 



List of, occurring in the Andamans, 



328-331 

 Mammals, 322-324 



Synopsis of mammalian fauna, 325 

 History, 176-184 



Origin of the name Andaman, 1 76 

 First known reference, 177 

 Chinese records, 177 

 Accounts of Arab travellers (a.D. 871), 

 177 



