Offandi, N., 49, 50, 54, 311, 312 Offerings, canoe, K.N., 295, 296 For the dead, N., 84 Oil press, K.N., 52 Ol-kolo-kwák, N., 110, 112, 113 Olta-möit, N., 98 Önges, A., 190, 192, 342. _See_ under "Rutland Island" and "Little Andaman" Ornaments, personal. _See_ under names of islands Owen, wreck and death of Captain (1708), N., 70, 71, 212 Paddles, N., 54 Pandanus fruit, N., 246, 252 Mode of preparing, 247 Cooking, S.P., 149 Pandanus, unpleasant qualities of, 112 Legend illustrative of, 112 Parrots, A., 17; (_Paleornis caniceps_), N., 128 _Passa_, cf. _Mal_, K.N., 303 Pathmaking, 15 Penal System, the Andamanese, 193-199. _See_ also under "Port Blair" Photography, trials of, 32 Pig (_Sus andamanensis_), A., 43; (_Sus nicobaricus_), N., 137 Mode of preparing, for a feast, 100 Processions, N., 251 Pigeons, Nicobar, 68, 135 Pigeons, fruit (_Carpophaga insularis_), N., 62, 68. Piracy in the Nicobars, account of, 91-94 Plantations, N., 49, 64, 71, 105, 132 Police surveillance, A., 19 Polygamy, N., 238 Population. _See_ under names of islands and "Census." Decrease of, N., 76, 97, 149, 150, 350 Port Blair Ross Island, 19, 20 The Government Settlement, 19, 20, 21 History of, 180, 181, 183 Colonel Temple, C.C., at, 21 Military force, 27 Police surveillance, 19 Gunboat tours, 28 Communication, 200 Temperature, 173 Rainfall, 173 Government schools, 343 Gymnasium, 344 Amusements, 20 The Penal System, 193-9 Viper Island, 25, 26 Jail, a visit to, 26 Cellular, 21 Inhabitants of, 25, 26, 27 Employments in, 26, 27 Punishment, 27 Convicts, 20, 26, 27 Hospital convalescents, 23 The harbour, 19, 21-25 Brickfields, 22 Lime kilns, 22 Phoenix Bay shipyard, 22 Mount Harriet, 19, 169 Hopetoun, settlement of, 22 Chatham Island, sawmills, 23 Hospital convalescents at, 23 Navy Bay tea-gardens, 25 Industries, 22, 198, 199, 200, 340, 341 Cultivations, 200 Character of the locally-born young generation, 344 Haddo, Homes for the Andamanese, 23, 24, 25 Andamanese at, 24, 25 Appearance, 24 Dress, 24 Ornaments, 24, 25 Skin decorations, 24 _Coiffure_, 24 Bows and arrows, 24, 25 Mode of carrying babies, 24 Port Cornwallis, Government Settlement transferred to, 180, 181 _Rendezvous_ at, in 1824, 181 Port registers, 75 Pots, Chaura, N., 108 Nicobarese belief concerning, 107 Process of making, 107, 108 Pottery, a possible origin of, 219 Kiln, Chaura, 108 Manufacture, monopoly of, 107 Preparis Island, 320 Presents, articles found to be in demand for, A., N., 352 Products, natural, A., 172, 199, 341. _See_ "Woods" Of commercial value, N., 207, 208