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INDEX 



Nicobarese, the — continued 



bar," " Kachal," " Kamorta," " Kar 

 Nicobar," " Kondul," " Little Nico- 

 bar," "Nankauri," " Pulo Milo," 

 " Teressa," and " Shorn Pen " 

 Nicobar, Great. See " Great Nicobar" 

 Nicobar Islands, the, 20i 

 Position, 167, 201 

 Relationship, 321, 327 

 Soundings, 321 

 Coral banks, 201 

 Area, 201 

 Geology, 202-204 

 Minerals, 205 

 Coal, 204 

 Earthquakes, 205 

 Climate, 205, 206 

 Rainfall, 206 

 Temperature, 206 

 Monsoons, 206 

 Cyclone, 206 

 General botanic appearance, 207 



Botanical division, 109 

 Flora, 207, 208 



Principal flora of the Nicobars, 345-349 

 Fauna 



Birds, 326-328 



List of, occurring in the Nicobars, 



328-331 

 Mammals, 322-324 



Synopsis of mammalian fauna, 325 

 History, 177-179, 208-214 



Nicobars known to Arab navigators, 



208 

 First probable reference, 208 

 Chinese records, 208 

 Account of an Arab trader (a.D. 851), 

 208 

 Rashuddin, 209 



Marco Polo (thirteenth century), 209 

 Friar Oderic (fourteenth century), 



209 

 Master Caesar Frederike (sixteenth 



century), 209 

 Barbosa, 2 10 

 Captain John Davis (sixteenth 



century), 210 

 Officers of Sir J. Lancaster (six- 

 teenth century), 210 

 Sir James Lancaster (seventeenth 



century), 211, 212 

 Keeping (eighteenth century), 212 

 Dampier's sojourn, 212. See "Dam- 

 pier " 

 Murder of Captain Owen, 212 

 Hamilton's references, 102, 105, 121, 



212, 215 

 Jesuit attempt at settlement, 212 

 Danish colony founded (1756), 213 

 Settlement by Moravians (1766), 213 

 Ka'nig's account, 213. See " Ka'nig " 



Nicobar Islands — continued 



History, Commercial expedition, 213 

 New Moravian settlement (1779), 213 

 English traders from India begin to 

 visit the islands (nineteenth cen- 

 tury), 213 

 Pastor Rosen's mission (1831), 213, 214 

 Catholic mission, 214 

 Mackay's voyage in search of coal 



(1845), 214 

 Galathea expedition (1846), 214 

 Voyage of the Novara (1858), 214 

 Islands taken possession of by the 



Indian Government (1869), 214 

 British official possession (1807), 214 

 Settlement at Nankauri Harbour, 214 

 Nicobars and Andamans affiliated, 214 

 Marks of British possession, 97 

 Account of piracy in, 91-94 

 Missionary endeavour, 63, 257. See 



also under " History ' 

 Natural products of commercial value, 



207, 208 

 Nicobars rich in building materials, 



205 

 Malaria, 112, 205, 254, 255 

 Population, 202, 350 



Decrease of, 76, 97, 149, 150, 350 

 Trade residents, 202 

 Census, 350 

 Water, 152 

 Native Topographical names, 120 



Compared with chart and trade 

 names. Great Nicobar, 155. See 

 " Bompoka," " Chaura," " Great 

 Nicobar," "Kachal," "Kamorta," 

 " Kar Nicobar," "Kondul," " Little 

 Nicobar," " Menchal," "Nan- 

 kauri," "Pulo Milo," "Teressa,' 

 " Tilanchong," "Trinkat" 

 Nicobar, Kar. See " Kar Nicobar " 

 Nicobar, Little. Sec " Little Nicobar" 

 Novara Bay, N., 67 



Occiput, custom of flattening the, N., 

 226 



Occupations, commercial, K.N., 318, 319 

 Of the sexes, respective, S.P., 220 



Offandi, N., 49, 50, 54, 31 1, 312 



Offerings, canoe, K.N., 295, 296 

 For the dead, N,, 84 



Oil press, K.N., 52 



Ol-kolo-kwak, N., no, 112, 113 



Olta-moit, N., 98 



Onges, A., 190, 192, 342. See under 

 " Rutland Island " and "Little Anda- 

 man " 



Ornaments, personal. See under names of 

 islands 



Owen, wreck and death of Captain (1708), 

 N., 70, 71, 212 



