Chapter X: The Nicobar Islands

Historical details respecting this Archipelago.--Arrival at
Kar-Nicobar.--Communication with the Aborigines.--Village of
Saoui and "Captain John."--Meet with two white men.--Journey to
the south side of the Island.--Village of Komios.--Forest
Scenery.--Batte-Malve.--Tillangschong.--Arrival and stay at
Nangkauri Harbour.--Village of Itoe.--Peak Mongkata on Kamorta.--
Villages of Enuang and Malacca.--Tripjet, the first settlement
of the Moravian Brothers.--Ulala Cove.--Voyage through the
Archipelago.--The Island of Treis.--Pulo Miu.--Pandanus Forest.--
St. George's Channel.--Island of Kondul.--Departure for the
northern coast of Great Nicobar.--Mangrove Swamp.--Malay
traders.--Remarks upon the natives of Great Nicobar.--Disaster
to a boat dispatched to make Geodetical observations.--Visit to
the Southern Bay of Great Nicobar.--General results obtained
during the stay of the Expedition in this Archipelago.--
Nautical, Climatic, and Geognostic observations.--Vegetation.--
Animal Life.--Ethnography.--Prospects of this group of Islands
in the way of settlement and cultivation.--Voyage to the Straits
of Malacca.--Arrival at Singapore. 1