_Kial_ (taking food), 297 _Ha-chu_, 298 _Maya_ (top decoration), 298, 299 _Yintovná Siya_ (expelling the devil by sails), 298, 299 _Amhai_, 299 _Inturga_, 299 _Tanangla_ (support), 299, 300 _Ke luinj alaa_, 300 _Mafai_, creation of, 301 _Hanata_ (adorning the invalid), 301 _Mafai_ performances, 302 _Ai-yu-a-kare_ (going to a feast adorned with jewels), 302 _Luinj-lare Mafai_ (undressing the _Mafai_), 302 _Amutná Kuv_ (revealing to the invalid), 302, 303 Burial ceremonies, 303-305 Account of interment of headman of Sáwi, 305, 306 _Fota Elmot_ (wiping away tears), 306 Account of interment of a man of repute at Lapáti, 306, 307 Mourning, 305 Converse with the dead, 296 Instance of ceremonies accompanying canoe buying, 309 Sequel to the loss of a M[=u]s canoe, 296 Reception of M[=u]s racing-canoe after a death in the village, 299 Canoe offerings, 295, 296 Celebration of loss of teeth, 300 Custom during eclipses, 307 Belief concerning, 307 Disinterment customs, 51 "Devil expelling," 64 _Tamiluana_ ceremonies to subdue floods, 51 Feasts, 50 Dances, 289, 309 Ceremonial accessories _Kantera_, 302 _Kusuku_, 297, 298 _Merahta_, 287 "Devil-expelling" leaves, 303 _Katap-hang_, K.N., 294, 295 _Ke luinj alaa_, K.N., 300 _Kewi-apa_, K.N., 297, 298 _Kial_, K.N., 297 _Kiala_, K.N., 295 Kingfisher (_P. leucocephala_), N., 126; (_Ceyx tridactyla_), N., 135; (_Halcyon saturatior_), A., 35 Kingfisher's eyes a specific for sleeplessness, 76 _Kiriam anúla_, K.N., 292 _Kiriam Hepat_, K.N., 288, 289 _Kiriam-nga-rit-roi-ta-oka_, K.N., 292 _Kisu-ta-el-pati_, K.N., 291 Koenig, Dr I. J., 213, 276; account of Kar Nicobar (1778), 276-284 _Kofenté_, K.N., 292 Kondul General topography, 131, 132 Anchorage, 131 Tide-rip, 131 Population, 131 Village, 132 Houses, 132 Plantation, 132 Charms, 132 Natives, 132 Boys, 139 Supplies, 132, 139 Kópenhéat, N., 150 Anchorage at, 153 _Kusuhu_, K.N., 297, 298 Kwang-tung Strait, A., 15, 16 Lagoon, N., 110 Lamp, N., 81 Land, growth of, N., 110, 157 Sale and tenure, K.N., 317 Subsidence, N., 136, 137; A., 176 Landing-places. _See_ under names of islands Language, A., 186; N., 121, 228, 229; S.P., 220 Comparison of some Shom Pe[.n] and Nicobarese words, 155 Lava, Barren Island, 12 Legend concerning formation of Bompoka, native, 105 Illustrative of unpleasant qualities of pandanus, 112 Legends of origin, native, N., 229 Life, average duration of, A., 187 Linguists, Nicobarese, 55, 58, 75, 112