The girls do not make much progress in their literary studies, but their work in the sewing classes is more satisfactory. The reason for this is that free persons and ex-convicts do not send their girls to school, and convict parents withdraw their daughters as soon as they reach their tenth year. Efforts are made to overcome the prejudices of the parents, but without success. There are many difficulties in this matter with regard to native children, and at present it can only be hoped that by degrees prejudices will gradually break down, and the girls be allowed to make a better start in life than they are at present given. In Port Blair the locally born of both sexes may be fairly described, as a whole, as astonishingly wicked. Their delight is to do mischief, and to worry each other and their elders in an ingenious variety of underhand and crooked ways, including the perverse and fruitless lawsuit. It is very much better that their minds should be turned on athletic sports and games, while they can still join in them, than on such matters as these; and hence grounds for cricket and football with all requisites have been granted, and a gymnastic instructor has been obtained for teaching the boys. It is believed that satisfactory progress is made, and that much benefit will be derived from the lately established gymnasium, in which 100 boys are (1901) being trained. APPENDIX F MEASUREMENTS OF SOME NATIVES OF LITTLE ANDAMAN MET AT RUTLAND ISLAND A B C Height 64-3/4 inches. 63-1/4 inches. 62 inches. Fathom 66-5/8 " 64-3/8 " 63 " Chest 33-1/2 " 31-5/8 " 31-3/8 " Length of Hand 7-5/8 " 7-1/4 " 6-1/2 " " Arm 29-3/16 " 28-1/2 " 28 " " Foot 9-7/8 " 9-1/2 " 9-1/8 " " Leg 38-1/4 " 36-3/4 " 35-3/4 " Girth of Thigh 18-7/8 " 17-1/8 " 18-1/2 " " Shin 12-1/4 " 11-3/8 " 11-9/16 " " Forearm 10-1/8 " 9-1/2 " 9-7/8 " " Biceps, arm } straight } 10-3/8 " 9-5/8 " 9-1/2 " APPENDIX G PRINCIPAL FLORA OF THE NICOBARS DILLENIACEÆ. Dillenia pilosa, _Kz._ Little Nicobar Interior. ANONACEÆ. Anona muricata, _L._ Around villages Cultivated. A. squamosa, _L._ Do. Do. BIXINEÆ. Bixa Orellana, _L._ Malacca village Do. Flacourtia sepiaria, _Roxb._ Nancowry Interior. GUTTIFERÆ. Garcinia speciosa, _Wall._ Northern islands Do. Calophyllum spectabile, Little Nicobar Do. _Willd._ C. inophyllum, _L._ Northern islands Beach forest.