INDEX 



363 



Fauna, A.N., 322-331. S<-e also under 



names of islands 

 Feasts, K.N., 50 

 Festival, a, N., 86-88 



Preparations for a, 80, 81, 86 



Interior of a house prepared for, 81 

 Fever invariably contracted in Great 



Nicobar, 112, 254, 255 

 Fish, A., 14 ; N., 116, 136, 137 

 Fishini^, N., 55, 116, 136, 137, 245, 246 



Traps, 245, 246 



Wens, 246 

 Flags, native, N., 80 

 Flat rock, 170 



Flattening the occiput, custom of, N., 226 

 Floods, ceremonies to subu'ue, N., 51 

 Flora, A., 171, 172 ; N., 207, 208, 345-349 



Principal furest trees of the AnJ.anians, 

 336-338. Aud se^ under names of 

 islands 

 Flycatcher, Nicobar, N., 74, 135. 

 Food supply. See under names of islands 

 Foot-brush, N., 247 

 Ford's Peak, A., 169 

 F"oreign residents. A., 342 

 Forest hawk QAs/ur /mtleri), N., 62 ; (^Astur 



so/oensis), N,, 128 

 Fofa elmof, K.N., 306 

 Frank Thompson, N., 57 

 " Friend of England," N., 52, 55-57, 311, 



312 

 Fruit, N., 49, 64, 91, 106 

 Fuel, K.N., 48 



Galathea River, N., 161-164 

 Ganges Harbour, N., 136, 137, 205 

 Gardens, K.N., 307 



Origin of, 307 



Destruction of, 307 



Shorn Pen, 218 

 Geology, A., 174-176 ; N., 202-204 

 Gnnnola^ K.N., 296 

 Goats, Barren Island, 12 

 Government agency clearing, K.N., 47, 54 

 Government settlement. See Port Blair 



History of, 180, 181, 183 

 Government schools. Port Blair, 343, 344 

 Great Andaman 



General topography, 168, 169, 170 



Mountains, 169 



Saddle Hill, 169 



Drainage, 169 



Harbours, 171 



Straits dividing, 168, 169. See also 

 " South Andaman," " Rutland 

 Island," " Port Blair," " Port 

 Cornwall is" 

 Great Nicobar, 141 



Area, 141 



Mountains, 141 



Rivers, 142 



Great Nicobar — continued 



Peculiarity of coco palms, 1 28 



Water, 152 



Malaria, 112, 254, 255 



Population, coastal, 142 



Shorn Pen, 142 



Dialect, 121 



Trade, I43 



Prices, 143 

 Dampier's " Voyages," extract concerning 

 Great Nicobar and inhabitants, 257- 

 267 

 Great Nicobar (North Coast) 



General topography, 133-138, 205 



Land subsidence, 136, 137 



Ganges Harbour, 136, 137, 205 



Anchorage, 132 



Up a creek, 133 



Mount Thuillier, 138, 141 



Jubilee River, 138 



Water, 135, 137, 139 



Traces of Shorn Pen, 134, 136, 137 



Fainia 



Birds, i35-'37 



Water birds, 138 



Sunbirds' nests, 133 



Mammals, 135-138 



A bat camp, 133 



Fruit bats, 133, 134 



Attempt to rear young bats, 134 

 Fish, 136-137 

 Fishing, 136-137 

 Turtle, 138 

 Great Nicobar (West Coast) 



General topograph}-, 141, 142, 144 

 Pulo Kunyi, 142, 143, 145, 146 



Harbour, 142 



Anchorage, 142 



Inhabitants, 142, 143 



Decline of population, 149 



Charm, 143 

 Casuarina Bay, 144, 149, 1 51 



Mudfish, 149 

 Dagmar River, 149, 153 

 Kopenheat, 150 



Anchorage, 153 

 Pulo Nyur, 150 



Anchorage, 150 



Decline of population, 150 



Water, 151 



Morass, 151 

 Birds, 143, 144, 151 

 Fauna, 144, 150 

 Voung monkeys, 153 

 Shom Pen, 143, 145-148, 150, 152 



Appearance, 145-147 



Elephantiasis, 145, 152 



Effect of betel-chewing, 147 



Dress and ornaments, 145 



Camp, 149, 151 



Village, 14^, 145 



