Of those who entertained and assisted us during the voyage, thanks are specially due to Mr P. Vaux of Port Blair, for his hospitality to us during our stay in that place;[2] and I am greatly indebted to Messrs O. T. Mason, G. S. Miller, and Dr C. W. Richmond, respectively, for the photographs of the Nicobarese pottery and skirt, for permission to include here much information from the report on the Andaman and Nicobar mammals, and for a list of the new species of birds obtained, which, however, up to the present, have not received specific designations. I have also to gratefully acknowledge the help rendered me by Mr E. H. Man, C.I.E., who, besides volunteering to read through the proof sheets, has given me much information, and corrected a number of inaccuracies. To my sister, for her superintendence of the book since my departure from England, and to my publishers for their kindness and assistance in many ways, I must not omit to offer my thanks. _October_, 1902. CONTENTS PART I INTRODUCTION PAGE The _Terrapin_--Crew--Itinerary of the Cruise--Daily Routine--Provisions and Supplies--Collecting Apparatus-- Guns--Shooting--Path-making--Clothing--Head-dress--A Scene in the Tropics--Native Indolence--Attractive Memories 1 CHAPTER I BARREN ISLAND AND THE ARCHIPELAGO 9 Shipboard Monotony--Edible Sharks--Calm Nights--Squalls--Barren Island--Appearance--Anchorage--Landing-place--Hot Spring-- Goats--The Eruptive Cone--Lava--Paths--Interior of the Crater-- Volcanic Activity--Fauna--Fish--The Archipelago--Kwang-tung Strait--Path-making--The Jungle--Birds--Coral Reefs--Parrots-- Two New Rats--Inhabitants. CHAPTER II PORT BLAIR 19 We enter the Harbour--Surveillance--Ross Island Pastimes-- Visit the Chief Commissioner--The Harbour--Cellular Jail-- Lime-kilns--Phoenix Bay--Hopetown--Murder of Lord Mayo-- Chatham Island--Haddo and the Andamanese--Tea Gardens--Viper Island and Jail--The Convicts--Occupations--Punishments-- Troops--Departure. CHAPTER III MACPHERSON STRAIT--SOUTH ANDAMAN AND RUTLAND ISLAND 28 Gunboat Tours--South Andaman--Rutland Island--Navigation-- Landing-place--Native Camp--Natives--Jungle--Birds-- Appearance of the Natives--Our Guests--Native Women: Decorations and Absurd Appearance--Trials of Photography-- The Village--Food--Bows, Arrows, and Utensils--Barter-- _Coiffure_--Fauna--Water--New Species. CHAPTER IV THE CINQUES AND LITTLE ANDAMAN 36