THE ANDAMAN 6RUU7. 
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CHAFTER X. 
THE ANDAMANS. 
BRITISH flETrLBMENT^ ON THE GaEAT ANDAHAJfT ISLAND — FEROClOtJa 
CHARACTER OF THE INHABITANTS FATAI, TO THE CREWS OF SKIP- 
WRECKED VESSELS — WRECK OF THE ' BRTTON* IN 1814 MIU COLE- 
BROOKE's description op the XATIVES APPEARANCE AND CHA- 
&ACTEE.-^it0VB or ATTACKING STBAWGER^ ^31 ODE OF PKO CURING 
roOO— SONGS AND DANCES— 11 ABtTATlONS— CANOES— ABM S HUNT- 
I>.*G AS(D FISHING IMPLKWESTS CHARGE OF CAI4N1BAUSSJ 
ANECDOTE OF TWO YOB NO WOMEN SEVERE PftlVATlONS^ — PROBRESS 
TOWABDS FRIENDLY INTERCOURSE WlVa ^STRANGERS — WANT OF 
VEGETABLE DIET — CAUSES OF THEIR PRESENT DEGRAD^J) STATE 
THE COCOA-NUT — COMPARISON WITH THE NATIVES OF TB13 NICO- 
BAES PLANTING FEUrP TREES THE FIRST GREAT STEP ODT OF 
UARBARtSM. 
The Andaman Islands:, on the eastern side of the Bay 
of Bengal, form part of the volcanic chain which extends 
from Sumatra to Cape Negrais on the coast of Burmab. 
The coasts, and probably the inland parts also, ate covered 
with dense jungles of lofty trees^ scarcely pervious, it would 
appear, even to the wild savages by whom the islands 
are exclusively occupied. In the year 1791^ a settlement 
was formed by the British Government at Port Chatham, 
