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INDEX 



Great Nicobar (West Coast) — continued 

 Shorn Pen, Huts, 145 



Food supply, 148 



Dog-hobble, 144 



Spears, 146 



Cloth, 145, 146 



Cooking-vessel, 148 



Mode of cooking pandanus, 149 

 Great Nicobar (West and South Coasts) 

 General topograph}', 156, 158, 160 

 Native topographical names compared 



with chart and trade names, 155 

 Growth of land, 157 

 Anchorage, 156 

 Pulo Babi, 156, 157 



Harbour, 156 



Water, 156 

 Chang-ngeh, 161 

 South Bay, 160 

 Galathea River, 161-164 

 Fauna, 162 



Birds, 157, 160, 161 



Monkeys, 166 

 Population, 157 

 Inhabitants, 157, 155-15S 

 Domeat, 154 

 Servitude, 157 

 Shorn Pen, 155, 159 



Village, 158, 159 

 Huts, 158, 162 

 Dress, 159 

 Marriage, 158 

 Ringworm, 159 

 Canoe building, 160 

 Mode of climbing trees, 157 

 Barter, 160 

 Supplies, 165 

 Water, 165 

 Guides, native, N., 57, 58 

 Gunboat tours, 28 



Ha-chu, K.N., 298 



Hamilton's, Captain Alexander, account of 



the Andamans, 179, 180 

 References to the Nicobars, 102, 105, 

 121, 212, 215 

 Hanata, K.N., 301 

 Harbours, A., 171, And 5/^ under names 



of islands 

 Headmen, N., 241 ; S.P., 219 



Regard for, K.N., 316 

 Height, average. A., 342 

 Heifer, Murder of Dr, 181 

 Heng/hiwa, K.N., 290 

 Hentd, cf. Defishi, N., 77, 85 

 Henia-koi, N., 77 

 Herons, N., 69 

 History, A., 176-184. For details, see 



under "Andaman Islands" 

 History, N., 177-179, 208-214. For details, 



see under "Nicobar Islands " 



Hog-deer, A., 28 



Homes for Andamanese at Haddo, 23-25 



Homfray Strait, A., 169 



Hostility of Andamanese, 190-192 



Shorn Pen, 215, 220 

 Hot spring on Barren Island, 11 

 House, custom of feeding the, N., 85 

 " House of pollution," K.N., 51, 304 

 Houses. See under names of islands 



Maternity, K.N., 51 

 Hume, A. O., cruise round the Andamans 



and Nicobars, 326 

 Huts. See under names of islands 



Implements and Weapons, A., 1S4, 189 ; 



N., 243-245 

 Industries, A., 171, 172, 198-200, 339-341 

 Port Blair, 22, 198-200, 340, 341 ; N., 

 251, 252 

 Infant mortality, A., 192 

 Inhabitants. See under names of islands 

 Interment of a headman of Sawi, account 



of, 305, 306 

 Interment of a man of repute of Lapati, 



account of, 306, 307 

 Iiiturga, K.N., 299 

 Invisible Bank, 170 

 Isle of Man, N., 72 



Jail, Cellular, A., 21 

 Viper, a visit to, 26 

 Inhabitants of, 25-27 

 Employments in, 26-27 

 Punishment at, 27. See the Anda- 

 manese Penal System 

 J/ieel, N., 69, 74 

 Jubilee River, N,, 138 

 Jakuns of Johore, the, 217 

 Jarawas, the, A., 190-192, 342 

 An encounter with, 191 



Kachal 



General topography, 109, no, 114, 117 



Evidence of growth of land, no 



Geology, 117 



Area, 117 



Population, 1 17 



West Bay, 109, iio, 113 



Anchorage, 109 



The reef, 1 1 3 



Lagoon, no 

 Water, 117 

 Birds, no, in, 113 

 Waterbirds, no 

 Monkeys, 114 

 Megapodes, 113 

 Fish, n6 



Native fishing, 116 

 Ol-kolo-kwik, no, n2, 113 

 KaiKiia, 113 

 Houses, 1 12 



