A SUR yEY SEASON IN THE NICOBAR ISLANDS. 
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cd, and in many cases these seem to be confined to individual islands, thus 
rendering the problem still more complex and its solution still more difficult. 
Much work must yet be done before we shall be in a position to review the fauna 
as a whole and to trace its origin in the past. 
It is beyond my powers adequately to express the many beauties of these 
islands. The Imperial Gazetteer, which one would hesitate to accuse of bias or 
sentiment, claims for this region the distinction of being one of the beauty 
spots of the world, and as regards the truth or otherwise of this assertion I feel 
that I can safely leave my readers to draw their own conclusion from the photo- 
graphs I have given above. 
Finally I should like to end with a tribute to my shipmates, whose ready help 
and imfaUing good fellowship rendered my visit to these islands one of which 
I shall always have a very pleasant memory. 
[The Editors regret that owing to financial considerations they are unable 
to publish all the interesting photos taken by Major Seymour Sewell and which 
fully endorse the claim made by the writer in the Imperial Gazetteer.] 
