INDEX 



367 



Kar Nicobarese, the — continued 



A'e luinj alaa, K.N., 300 



Kewi-apa, K,N., 297, 298 



Kial, K.N., 297 



Kiala, K.N., 295 



Kingfisher \P, kiicocephaht'), N., 126 ; 

 {Ceyx tridactyla), N., 135 ; {Halcyon 

 saturatior). A., 35 



Kingfisher's eyes 11 specific for sleepless- 

 ness, 76 



Kit ianianiila, K.N., 292 



Kiriam Hepat, K.N., 288, 289 



Kiriatn-n^a-rit-roi-ta-oka, K.N., 292 



Kisu-ta-el-pati, K,N., 291 



Koenig, Dr I. J., 213, 276; account of 

 Kar Nicobar (1778), 276-284 



Kofente, K.N., 292 

 Kondul 



General topography, 1 31, 132 



Anchorage, 131 



Tide-rip, 131 



Population, 131 



Village, 132 



Houses, 132 



Plantation, 1 32 



Charms, 132 



Natives, 1 32 

 Boys, 139 



Supplies, 132, 139 

 Kopenheat, JN'., 150 



Anchorage at, 153 

 Kusuhu, K.N., 297, 298 

 Kwang-tung Strait, A., 15, 16 



Lagoon, N., iio 

 Lamp, N., 81 



Land, growth of, N., no, 157 

 Sale and tenure, K.N., 317 

 Subsidence, N., 136, 137 ; A., 176 

 Landing-places. See under names of 



islands 

 Language, A., 186; N., 121, 228, 229; 

 S.P., 220 

 Comparison of some Shom Pen and 

 Nicobarese words, 155 

 Lava, Barren Island, 12 

 Legend concerning formation of Bompoka, 

 native, 105 

 Illustrative of unpleasant qualities of 

 pandanus. 1 12 

 Legends of origin, native, N., 229 

 Life, average duration of, A., 187 

 Linguists, Nicobarese, 55, 58, 75, 112 

 Little Andaman 



General topography, 38, 45, 169, 1 70 

 Effect of S.W. monsoon, 45 

 Geology, i 76 

 Bumila Creek, 38 

 Natives, 37-40, 42 

 Appearance, 39 

 Dress and ornaments, 39 



Little Andaman — continued 

 Natives, body decoration, 39 



Coiffure^ 40 



Tools, 41 



Bows and arrows, 42 



Huts, 40, 41 



Canoe, 41 



Diseases, 40 

 Pig, 43 

 "Litile John," N., 58, 225 

 Little Nicobar 



General topograpliy, 118, 120, 121, 125, 



126. 127, 131 

 Geology, 120 



Population (including Milo), 120 

 Area, 120 

 Harbour, iig, 125 

 Anchorage, 119 

 Site fur a settlement, 121, 125 

 Water, 126 

 Flora, 120, 125 



Peculiarity of coco palms, 128 

 Banian trees, 122 

 Course of a river, 125, 126 

 Mount Deoban, 120 

 Empress Peak, 120 

 A deserted \illage, 121 

 Caves, 126, 127 

 Bats, 126, 127 

 Swifts, 126, 127 



Nests, 126, 127 

 Monkeys, 122, 128, 129 

 Crabs, 129 

 Tupais, 122 

 Megapodes, 12 1 

 Pig, 122 

 Butterflies, 126 



Birds, 119, 121, 122, 127, 128, 130 

 Water birds, 126 

 Natives, 119 

 Hamilton's account of the natives of the 



Southern Group, 121 

 Mortality, 119, 123 



Reputed causes, 123 

 Dress, 119 

 Dialect, 121 



Belief in evil spirits, 123 

 Charms and "scare-devils," 124 

 Burial custom, 124 

 Decay of ceremonial, 124 

 Lizards {Gonyocephalus htimeii')^ N., 67, 68 

 Luinj-lare Ala/ai, K.N., 302 

 Luxuries, native, N., 227 



Macpherson Strait, A., 29 

 Mafai, the, K.N., 300-302 



Creation of, 301 



Performances, 302 

 Mafai tapira, 292 

 Mafai, Luinj-lare, 302 

 Maharani Peak, N., 67 



