1870.] Notes on the Geology of the Vicinity of Port Blair. 239 



" this metal in that place ; they shipped, therefore, as much of the 

 " earth or ore as they thought fit, but as they were proceeding on 

 " their voyage, they met with such a storm that to lighten their ship, 

 " they were under the necessity of throwing all their ore overboard. 

 " Since that time the mountain has been carefully sought for, but 

 " has never again been seen."* 



2. In Hamilton's East Indies, quoted by Dr. Mouat, we 

 learn that an Andamanese was captured in one of the forays which 

 his countrymen were in the habit of making on their more peaceful 

 neighbours in the Nicobars, he was retained in slavery there. 

 Afterwards he was purchased by some Mussulmans of Acheen 

 (Sumatra). His master having died, he was manumitted, and 

 allowed to set out on a trip to visit his country, this he effected 

 alone in a canoe. Having remained for some time with his friends 

 on the little Andaman, he returned again to the Nicobars, bringing 

 with him a quantity of quicksilver, which he reported to be abundant. 

 Subsequently he made several voyages to and fro, and was seen by 

 the narrator in 1694. 



3. In a list of the useful metals found in India, attached to a 

 letterf on the formation of the Museum of Economic Geology for 

 India by Captain T r e m e n h e r e to H. T o r r e n s, Esq., Secre- 

 tary to the Asiatic Society, mention is made of quicksilver as occur- 

 ring in the Andaman Islands, but the authority for the statement is 

 not quoted. 



I have given the above in the hope that those, who may have the 

 opportunity, may endeavour to test the truth of the report. 



* Hai-ris's Collection of Voyages and Travels, 

 f Dated 27th January, 1811. 



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