Mortality, N., 119, 123 Infant, A., 192 Mount Deoban, N., 120 Edgecombe, N., 98 Harriet, A., 19, 169 Thuillier, N., 138, 141 Mountain range, a submerged, 170 Mountains, A., 169; N., 141 Mourning customs, N., 250, 305 Mudfish, N., 149 _Mu-nung-ren_, K.N., 297 Murder, wizard, K.N., 314, 315 As punishment, K.N., 315 Of Lord Mayo, 22, 23 Of Dr Heifer, 181 Of F. H. de Röepstorff, 96 Of Captain Owen, 212 M[=u]s village. _See_ "Kar Nicobar" Music, the Nicobarese dance-, 87 Musical instrument, A., 189 Instruments used by Nicobarese, 87, 250 Muskets prohibited, N., 244 _Ñá-kopáh_, K.N., 286, 287 Names, K.N., 305. _See_ "Nicknames" Names, native topographical, 120 Compared with chart and trade names, Great Nicobar, 155 Nankauri General topography, 90, 109 Temperature, 206 Rainfall, 206 Geology, 90 Area, 90 Population, 91 Harbour, 78, 98, 202 Settlement at, 214 Neglected by its possessors, 202 Malacca, 78 Spiteful Bay, 78 Anchorage, 78 Coral, 80 Village, 78 Landing-place, 79 _Kanaia_, 79 Houses, 79 Relics of old Moravian mission, 83 The headman's village, 83 Houses, 83, 84 Mangrove creeks, 80 Flora, 90 Fruit, 91 Fauna, 90 Whimbrel, 80 Supplies, 91 Water, 91 Tanamara, 75, 86, 88, 89, 101 Family, 84, 88, 89 House, interior and contents, 84, 85 _Kareau_, 85, 86 _Hentá_, 85 Charms, talismans, and "scare-devils," 83, 85 Native flags, 80 Electro-plate possessed by natives, 81 Lamp, 81 Preparation for a festival, 80, 81, 86 "Making Christmas," 80 Interior of a house prepared for a festival, 81 A festival, 86, 87, 88 Dancing, 87 Dress and ornaments, 75, 81, 86, 87 Canoe, 79 Masts, 79 Sails, 79 Decoration, 79 Feeding domestic animals, 79 The house, canoes, etc., 85 Custom of adoption, 84 Exhumation, 82 Account of exhumation ceremonies, 82, 83 Offerings for the dead, 84 Piracy in the Nicobars, 91-94 British punitive expedition, 93 Narcotics, N., 248 Narkondam, A., 10, 169, 174 Natives. _See_ under names of islands--"The Andamanese," "The Nicobarese," "The Aborigines of the Nicobar Islands" Navigation in the Tropics, 29 Chinese, 138 Nests, edible birds', A., 29 Sunbirds' (_Arachnechtkra_), 133 Swifts', N., 126, 127 _Ngong_, N., 229 Nicknames, K.N., 59. _See_ "Names"
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