108 F. A. de Roepstorff: — On the inhabitants of the Nicobars. [June, 



loosely tied, as if not often covered at all — pubes sparse — toes spread out 

 — small sparse moustache — a few hairs in beard — teeth discolored but 

 not enlarged— head appears as if flattened behind but this is said not to be 

 customary with Shombengs— color slightly, very slightly, lighter than that 

 of the Coast-people — ears bored, and pith, y diam., through one of them. 

 Double string of white seeds from over left shoulder and below right 

 arm — on both arms strings of dark and light fibre intertwined. 



"No. 2, Towkow— height 5' 2£ ff , chest 36"— age about 16 or 18— 

 hair straight, plentiful, cut square over eyebrows — black-brown eyes, 

 Mongolian shape — high forehead — face long, narrow — nose straight with 

 slight bend— mouth small — teeth slightly discolored — a pleasant face 

 altogether — parts well developed and scarcely concealed — necklace of white 

 seeds — string on arm as No. 1 — right ear bored but not enlarged — left 

 with bamboo and leaves through lobes — small strip of red chintz round 

 head. 



"No. 3, Ahean— son of No. 4— age 16— height 4' lli", chest 35" 

 — hair straight, long, thin, black — eyes well defined, Mongolian type, but 

 not so much as No. 2 — prominent cheek-bones — upper lip thin but pro- 

 truding — a few single hairs on chin — both ears pierced — a round piece of 

 stick pointed (1" diameter) through one lobe and pith through other — parts 

 small and loosely tied — a well made youth. 



"No. 4, Taug— age about 40— height 5' 3"— chest 36"— hair straight, 

 thin, tinged with grey — moustache almost invisible and no other hair on 

 face — both ears pierced — through right, pith %* diameter, through left, 

 round piece of stick f* diam. as No. 3 — teeth discolored, but not enlarged 

 — a well built man — parts small, loosely tied — round neck necklace of 

 white and red seed with fringe of pieces of plantain leaf curled — some 

 neatly woven straw in his hand. 



" No. 5, Keal, a priest— age about 30 — height 5' 4i", chest 36?" — 

 eyes small, brown— hair straight, long, black — slight trace of moustache — 

 ears bored, rolled leaf in one — two front upper teeth f" long, but no foreign 

 substance on them — necklace of small beads — band of white bark round 

 head." 



The following was added next morning : 



" No. 6, an old man with hydrocele 7 i j-j l j -u 



J > whom we did not describe. 



" No. 7, ditto ditto ) 



" No. 8, Khoal, wife of Koal— about 25— height 5' 1"— chest 31£"— 



hair straight, coarse, black with brownish tint, parted over eyes, narrow 



band of white bark round it — both ears pierced, one with a hollow bamboo 



through it, the other with a stick — teeth discolored but not enlarged — 



necklace of several rows of small beads — striped red and white cloth round 



loins, and a loose piece of blue cloth over shoulder or anywhere where 



