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INDEX 



Andaman Islands — coutbuied 



History, Accounts of Marco Polo (thir- 

 teenth century), 177 

 ;\Iaster Caesar Frederike (sixteenth 



centur}'), 178 

 Dr Gemelli (seventeenth century), 



178 

 Captain Alexander Hamilton 

 (eighteenth century), 179, 

 180 

 Hon. East India Company's expedi- 

 tions, 180 

 Establishment of a Penal Settlement 



(1789), 180 

 Transfer of the Penal Settlement (1792), 



180 

 Colonel Syme's report (1795), 181 

 Abandonment of Settlement (1796), 



181 

 Nineteenth centur}' details, 181 

 Attempt at colonisation (1849), 181, 



182 

 Dr Mouat's Commission (1857), 183 

 Re-establishment of Penal Settlement, 



Andamans formed in a Commissioner- 

 ship with Nicobars (1871), 184 

 Natural products, 172, 199, 341 



List of the more useful and valuable 

 woods, 339 

 Cultivations, 172, 198, 200 

 Industries, 171, 172, 198, 199, 200, 



339, 340, 341 

 Exports, 199, 339, 340 

 The Penal System, 193-199 

 Population, 192 



Foreign residents, 342 

 Census (1901), 342 

 (For inhabitants, see "The Andaman- 

 ese." See also "The Archi- 

 pelago," " Barren Island," " The 

 Cinques," "Great Andaman,"^ 

 "Little Andaman," " Narkon- 

 dam," " Port Blair," " Rutland 

 Island," "South Andaman.") 

 Andaman, Little. See " Little Andaman " 

 Andaman, South. See " South Andaman " 

 Andaman Strait, 168, 169 

 Andamanese, the 



Aborigines, seclusion of, 173, 184 

 Remote migration, 184 

 Kitcheii-middens, 184 

 Predatory voyages, 215 

 Tribal division, 190, 192, 342 

 Hostility, 190-192 

 The Andamanese as enemies, 34 

 Effects of contact with civilisation, 192 



Education, 187 

 Average duration of life, 187 

 Infant mortality, 192 

 Diseases, 40, 187 



Andamanese, the — continued 

 Appearance, 185, 186 

 Average height, 342 



Weight, 342 

 Measurements of some Andamanese, 



344 



Disposition, 187 



Dress, 188 



Dialects, 186 

 Grammar, 186 



Weapons and implements, 184, 189 



Huts, 46 



Food, 190 



Position of women, 187 



Customs, 187, 18S 



Belief in spirits, 188 



Credence in wizardry, 188 



Christian traditions, 189 



Musical instrument, 189 



Specimens of songs, 189 



Manufactures, 189 



Articles found to be in demand for 

 presents and barter, 352 



(i't-if "Aka-Balawa," " Jarawas"" Onges," 

 and under " Port Blair") 

 Anoi-ila, K.N., 295 

 Anii/a Kopdh^ K.N., 292 



Account of this ceremony as carried out 

 at Lapati, K.N., 293 

 Archipelago, the (Andaman Islands) 



General topography, 15 



Aka-Balawa, tribe of, 17 



Birds, 16, 17 



Rats, 17 

 Area. See under names of islands 

 Arrows, A., 24, 25, 33, 34, 42 ; N., 245 

 Arts, N., 251 

 Austin Strait, A., 168 



Babies, mode of carrying, A., 24 

 Banian trees, N., 122 

 -Barren Island 



Relationship, 174 

 Elevation, 169 

 General topography, 10-13 

 Anchorage, 11 

 Landing-place, 11 

 Hot spring, II 

 Interior of the crater, 12, 13 

 Eruptive cone, 12 

 -^ Volcanic activity, 13, 14 

 Lava, 12 

 Goats, 12 

 Rats, 14 

 Crabs, 14 

 Fish, 14 

 Birds, 14 

 Barter, articles found to be in demand for 



presents, etc., A.N., 352 

 Baskets, A., 33; K.N., 48; S.P., 

 219 



