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INDEX 



Rutland Island 

 A part of Great Andaman, 1 68 

 General topography, 29 

 Geology, 175 

 Ford's Peak, 169 

 Landing-place, 30 

 Village, 32 

 Huts, 32 

 Jungle, 30 

 Birds, 30 



Onge visitors, 30-33 

 Appearance, 31 

 Dress, 32 



Body ornamentation, 32-34 

 Coiffure, 34 

 Utensils, 33 



Bows and arrows, 33, 34 

 Mode of stringing, 34 

 Food, 33 

 Saddle Hill, 169 

 St George's Channel, 131 

 Salutation, terms of, N., 228 

 Sambhar, N., 100 

 Samshti smuggling, N., 248. See ''Spirit 



traffic" 

 Sanokuv, the, K.N., 300 

 Sawi Bay. See " Kar Nicobar " 

 Scenery, A., 170 

 School, mission, K.N., 59 

 Schools, Government, Port Blair, 343, 344 

 Servitude, N., 157 



Settlement, the Government, A. See " Port 

 Blair" 

 Site for a, N., I2I, 125 

 Sharks, edible, 9 



Shrew \Croddura nicobarica), N., 138 

 Shom Pen, the. See " The aborigines of 

 the Nicobar Islands," and " Great 

 Nicobar " 

 Sir John Lawrence Island, wrecks on, 181 

 Skin decoration, A., 24. See " Body decora- 

 tion " 

 Social state, N., 61, 242 



And other distinctions, K.N., see " Kar 

 Nicobarese social and other dis- 

 tinctions " 

 Solomon, V., K.N., 46, 63 

 Sombrero Channel, 1 18 

 Tides in, 118 

 Island, 106 

 Somerera Islands, Hamilton's account of 



the, 105 

 Songs, specimens of. A., 189 

 Soundings, A., 168, 320; N., 321 

 South Andaman 



General topography, 28, 29 

 Macpherson Strait, 29 

 Anchorage, 29 

 Landing-place, 29 

 Birds' Nest Cape, 29 

 Kdible birds' nests, 29 



South Andaman — continued 



Native camping-place, 29 



Hut, 29 



Water, 35 



Hog-deer, 28 



Birds, 34, 35 



Mammals, 35 

 South Bay, 160 



Spears, N., 243 ; S.P., 219, 243, 244 

 Spirit traffic, lOO. See " Sams/iu smug- 

 gling " 

 Spirits, belief in. A., 188 



Evil, N., 123 

 Spiteful Bay. Si'e under " Nankauri " 

 Spring, hot, Barren Island, 11 

 Squalls, tropic, 10, 1 37 

 Stimulants, N., 248 

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

 Suicide, instance of, N., 316 

 Sunbird, Andaman, 35 ; (^Aethopyga nico- 

 barica), N., 127, 143 

 Superstitious beliefs, N., 231-234 

 Supplies. See under names of islands 

 Surveillance, police, A., 19 

 Swifts {Collocalia linchii), N., 126, 127 



Nests, 126, 127 



Ta-chokla, N., 49, 229, 249 

 Takkuwis, K.N., 292 

 Takoia, K.N., 241 

 Talaings, 223, 224 

 Talik-n'gi, K.N., 5 1 

 Talismans, N., 83, 85, 231 

 Tallies, K.N. 



Of commercial transactions, 319 



Of the months, 319 



Of a child's age, 319 

 Tamils, 216 

 Tamiluanas, N., 232, 302 



Ceremonies, 51 



Regard for, 316 

 Tanamara, 75, 86, 88, 89, lOl 



Family, 84, 88, 89 



House, interior and contents of, 84, 85 

 Tanaiig alah, K.N., 291 

 Tanangla, K.N., 299, 300 

 Tattooing, a case of, N., 100 

 Tea, attempt to foster taste for, N., 248 

 Teeth, celebration of loss of, K.N., 300 

 Temperature, A,, 173 ; N., 206 

 Temple, Colonel, C.C., at Port Blair, 21 

 "Temple Villa," K.N., 47 

 Teressa 



General topography, 103, 104 



Area, 104 



Geology, 104 



Flora, 104 



Tobacco fields, 104 



Population, 105 



Natives compared with Kar Nicobarese, 

 104 



