Convict Settlement on Kamorta, traces of the old, N., 95 Convicts. _See_ "Port Blair" and "The Andamanese Penal System" Cooking-vessel, Shom Pe[.n], 148, 219 A possible origin of pottery, 219 Coral, N., 80 Banks, A., 170; N., 201 Reefs, 16 Courtship, N., 238-240 Crabs, A., 14; N., 55, 62, 70, 129 Crater, interior of the, Barren Island, 12, 13 Creeks, mangrove, N., 80 Crocodile, N., 69 Crossbow accidents, K.N., 317 Crows, A., 17 Cuckoo (_Centropus andamanensis_), A., 16 Cultivations. _See_ under names of islands Customs. _See_ under names of islands Cyclones, A., 174; N., 206 Dagmar River, N., 149, 153 Dalrymple Bank, 170 Dampier's sojourn on Great Nicobar, 212 Dampier's voyage from Great Nicobar to Acheen in a canoe, 254 Dampier's "Voyages," extract concerning his escape from the privateer _Cygnet of London_, 255, 256, 260-262 Concerning his sojourn in Great Nicobar, 263-267 Concerning his voyage from Great Nicobar to Acheen, 267-275 Concerning the Nicobars and inhabitants generally, 256, 257 Concerning Great Nicobar and inhabitants, 257-267 Dance music, N., 87 Dances, Nankauri, 87 Kar Nicobar, 289, 309 Dead, converse with the, K.N., 296 Death Ceremony, Kachal, 116 Similar Malay custom, 116 Among the Arafuras, 304 De Röepstorff, F. H., murder of, 96 _Dé[=u]shi_, cf. _Hentá_, N., 116 "Devil expelling," N., 64 "Devil-expelling" leaves, 303 "Devils, scare-," N., 83, 85, 124 Dialects. _See_ "Language" Diseases, A., 40, 187; N., 159, 235; S.P., 145, 152, 220 Disinterment customs, N., 51. _See_ "Exhumation" Dislike to strangers, K.N., 317 Divorce, N., 237 Dog-hobble, S.P., 144 Domeat, 154 Domestic animals, N., 219, 243; S.P., 219 Feeding, 79 Domestic pigeons, K.N., 47 Door mats, Chaura, 106 Drainage, Great Andaman, 169 Dress. _See_ under names of islands Dring Harbour, N., 98 Drongo, black racquet-tailed (_Dissemuroides andamanensis_), A., 30 Duncan Passage, the, A., 36 Earthquakes, A., 176; N., 205 Felt at Kar Nicobar, 205 Eclipses, belief concerning, N., 307 Custom during, 307 Education, effects of, on Andamanese, 187; on Nicobarese, 57, 59, 89 Eggs, megapodes', N., 70 Electro-plate possessed by Nicobarese, 81 Prices given for, 81 Elevation, possible result of, N., 73 _Elpanam_, N., 50, 240 Elton, Captain, drowned at Trinkat, Sambelong, 154 Empress Peak, 120 _Enwan-ng'i_, K.N., 295 Eruptive cone on Barren Island, 12 Expedition Harbour, 98 Reputed headquarters of piratical savages, 98 Exhumation ceremonies, account of, N., 82, 83. _See_ "Disinterment" Exports, A., 199, 339, 340 Fauna, A.N., 322-331. _See_ also under names of islands Feasts, K.N., 50 Festival, a, N., 86-88 Preparations for a, 80, 81, 86 Interior of a house prepared for, 81