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Notice of the Nicobar Islands. 



[No. 173. 



The shells which I collected were the following : ammonites virginea, 

 conus generalis, cypraea, exenthama, cassidaria chiasphora, ceritheum, 

 murx tenuispina, pteroceras scorpio, anodon dipsus, cardita caliculata. 



Before concluding this notice, I beg to return my most sincere thanks 

 to Captain R. Ashland, commanding the Danish Steamer Ganges, for 

 having afforded me, with the utmost kindness, the means of visiting 

 several of the islands above-mentioned, as also for the unceasing kind- 

 ness shewed to me when on board of his vessel, both by him and 

 his officers. I was seventeen days in the group, and I am indebted for 

 the foregoing detailed accounts, partly to the natives themselves, but 

 chiefly to the Reverend Mr. Lacrampe, who accompanied me to the 

 Nicobar Islands. As this clergyman had previously resided for more 

 than one year on these islands, and was tolerably well acquainted with 

 the language of the natives, I have unhesitatingly relied on the infor- 

 mation he so readily gave me. 



It is as well to add, that in mentioning the harbours, their entrance, 

 &c, I may have mistaken with regard to their exact position, but I beg 

 the reader to bear in mind, that I am not a seaman, and therefore no 

 one can expect from me that exactness in such matters, which can be 

 furnished but by persons brought up to that profession, and who are 

 supplied with the requisite instruments. 



Small Vocabulary of the Nancowry Language. 



Man, 



Inconhay. 



Chin, 



Inknan. 



Young man, 



Maial. 



Beard, 



Boyalkiah 



Woman, 



Ungcan. 



Neck, 



Kolalah. 



Girl, 



Uiah, 



Belly, 



Uhian. 



Wife, 



Incam. 



Hand, 



Kanathoi. 



Head, 



Koi. 



Thigh, 



Bhoolo. 



Hair, 



Inkoi. 



Leg, 



Anhnan. 



Ear, 



Nan. 



Foot, 



Huphala. 



Nose, 



Moi. 



Sea, 



Kahmala. 



Forehead, 



Lail. 



Water, 



Rak. 



Eyes, 



Olmat. 



Rice, 



Aroos. 



Lips, 



Mahnoey. 



Cocoanut, 



Gnhuat. 



Teeth, 



Kanap. 



Ambergris, 



Kampei. 



Tongue, 



Kealatat. 



Birds' nest, 



Akai. 



