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  of 
  activity 
  during 
  the 
  historic 
  epoch. 
  On 
  the 
  other 
  hand, 
  the 
  name 
  

   would 
  apply 
  most 
  aptly 
  to 
  Barren 
  Island, 
  with 
  its 
  deep, 
  pit-like 
  amphi- 
  

   theatre, 
  from 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  which 
  sulphureous 
  fumes 
  continually 
  arise, 
  and 
  

   whence 
  showers 
  of 
  red-hot 
  stones, 
  and 
  streams 
  of 
  molten 
  rock, 
  have 
  been 
  

   vomited 
  forth 
  within 
  the 
  last 
  century. 
  At 
  a 
  comparatively 
  recent 
  date 
  

   the 
  central 
  cone 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  much 
  lower 
  than 
  at 
  present, 
  1 
  giving 
  the 
  

   volcano 
  a 
  still 
  more 
  pit-like 
  aspect 
  than 
  it 
  now 
  wears. 
  

  

  The 
  question 
  then 
  suggests 
  itself 
  whether 
  there 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  some 
  

   confusion 
  in 
  the 
  application 
  of 
  the 
  name 
  ' 
  Narcondam 
  ' 
  ; 
  whether 
  it 
  was 
  

   not 
  applied 
  by 
  the 
  early 
  Hindu 
  navigators 
  to 
  the 
  volcano 
  now 
  known 
  

   as 
  Barren 
  Island, 
  and 
  subsequently 
  misapplied 
  to 
  the 
  northern 
  island 
  : 
  

   In 
  the 
  hope 
  of 
  throwing 
  some 
  light 
  on 
  this 
  point 
  I 
  recently 
  searched 
  all 
  

   the 
  available 
  old 
  maps 
  of 
  the 
  region 
  in 
  question, 
  at 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  

   and 
  Geographical 
  Society's 
  libraries, 
  but 
  no 
  decisive 
  result 
  was 
  obtained. 
  2 
  

  

  " 
  p. 
  15. 
  

  

  8 
  On 
  a 
  map 
  of 
  the 
  East 
  Indian 
  Islands 
  by 
  Ferando 
  Berteli, 
  1565, 
  the 
  "Andemaom" 
  

   Islands 
  are 
  marked, 
  but 
  neither 
  of 
  the 
  islands 
  in 
  question. 
  

  

  On 
  a 
  map 
  in 
  Linschsten's 
  voyages 
  (1598) 
  "Nacondaon," 
  as 
  I 
  am 
  informed 
  by 
  Colonel 
  

   Yule, 
  is 
  marked, 
  with 
  another 
  nameless 
  island 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  of 
  it. 
  

  

  On 
  a 
  map 
  of 
  the 
  " 
  Presqu, 
  Isle 
  de 
  PInde 
  au-dela 
  du 
  Gauge, 
  1652 
  (see 
  p. 
  14), 
  "Nacan- 
  

   daon 
  " 
  is 
  placed 
  about 
  half 
  way 
  between 
  the 
  " 
  Audemaon 
  " 
  and 
  Cocos 
  Islands 
  (rather 
  nearer 
  

   the 
  former). 
  An 
  island 
  is 
  marked 
  in 
  about 
  the 
  position 
  of 
  Barren 
  Island, 
  but 
  no 
  name 
  is 
  

   given 
  to 
  it. 
  

  

  On 
  a 
  map 
  entitled 
  " 
  Royaume 
  de 
  Siam 
  avec 
  les 
  Royaumes 
  qui 
  luy 
  sont 
  Tributaires, 
  et 
  

   les 
  Isles 
  de 
  Sumatra, 
  Andemaon, 
  etc. 
  Sel<>n 
  les 
  observations 
  des 
  Six 
  Peres 
  Jesuites," 
  (&c, 
  &c.) 
  

   " 
  Par 
  le 
  Pere 
  Coronelli, 
  Cosmographe 
  de 
  la 
  Republique 
  de 
  Venise," 
  1687, 
  " 
  Marcondao" 
  

   is 
  marked 
  in 
  approximately 
  the 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  Narcondam. 
  No 
  island 
  is 
  marked 
  in 
  

   the 
  position 
  of 
  Barren 
  Island. 
  

  

  Various 
  other 
  atlases 
  of 
  later 
  date 
  have 
  Narcondam 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  nearly 
  in 
  the 
  position 
  

   of 
  the 
  present 
  island 
  of 
  that 
  name, 
  and 
  no 
  island 
  corresponding 
  to 
  Barren 
  Island. 
  

  

  The 
  " 
  East 
  India 
  Pilot 
  " 
  or 
  " 
  Oriental 
  Navigator 
  " 
  (Geog. 
  Soc. 
  library) 
  contains 
  two 
  maps 
  

   referring 
  to 
  the 
  area 
  in 
  question. 
  On 
  a 
  " 
  General 
  Map 
  of 
  the 
  East 
  Indies 
  " 
  (printed 
  January 
  

   1781) 
  "Narcondam 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  Portuguese" 
  is 
  placed 
  in 
  13° 
  45' 
  N. 
  lat. 
  and 
  110° 
  35' 
  E. 
  

   long, 
  (from 
  Ferro), 
  and 
  "Narcondam 
  or 
  High 
  Island 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  French" 
  in 
  12° 
  5(Z 
  

   and 
  110° 
  55'. 
  On 
  a 
  " 
  Chart 
  of 
  the 
  Bay 
  of 
  Bengal 
  " 
  (April 
  1778) 
  " 
  Narcondam 
  of 
  the 
  

   Portuguese 
  " 
  is 
  placed 
  in 
  13° 
  47' 
  N. 
  lat. 
  (no 
  lines 
  of 
  longitude) 
  and 
  " 
  High 
  I. 
  or 
  Narcondam 
  

   of 
  the 
  French 
  " 
  in 
  13° 
  20'. 
  " 
  Flat 
  1." 
  (N.) 
  in 
  12° 
  3' 
  and 
  " 
  Flat 
  I." 
  (S.) 
  in 
  11° 
  22/ 
  Between 
  

   these 
  two 
  islands 
  the 
  words 
  "the 
  Barron 
  Is." 
  are 
  print 
  d. 
  On 
  both 
  maps 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  

   islet 
  marked 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  French 
  Narcondam, 
  or 
  in 
  a 
  similar 
  position 
  to 
  

   the 
  islet 
  near 
  the 
  anchorage 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  Narcondam. 
  

  

  On 
  a 
  chart 
  (1778) 
  in 
  the 
  "East 
  India 
  ' 
  ilo 
  f 
  " 
  (British 
  Museum), 
  the 
  name 
  "High 
  

   Island" 
  is 
  applied 
  to 
  Barren 
  Island 
  (see 
  foot-note, 
  p. 
  14), 
  so 
  that 
  there 
  certainly 
  has 
  been 
  

   confusion 
  of 
  some 
  sort, 
  with 
  reference 
  to 
  ihe 
  names 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  volcanoes. 
  

  

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