[58] Hamilton's _Account of the East Indies_, Pinkerton's Collection of Travels. [59] Vide Père Barbe, _Jour. Asiatic Soc. Bengal_, vol. xv. [60] These are all imported, many in order to sell to Kar Nicobarese. [61] Père Barbe (_Jour. Asiatic Soc. Bengal_, 1847) mentions other monopolies: lime might only be burnt at Kar Nicobar, boats built only at Nankauri, and to the same island was restricted the sowing of paddy. (The last a possible evidence of local Malay immigration.) With reference to this note, Mr E. H. Man writes:-- "Lime (by burning certain _sea-shells_) can be made only in the southern group, Kachal, all villages inside Nankauri Harbour--except Ong-yúang, also the villages in Dring and Expedition harbours. "Lime (made by burning _coral_) can be made only at Kar Nicobar. "Canoes (large and small) are made in the central and southern groups where suitable trees are plentiful. "Canoes (small) are made at Kar Nicobar, Teressa, and Bompoka." [62] _Vide_ E. H. Man, _Jour. Anthrop. Inst._, 1893, vol. xxiii. [63] Probably obtained from the deserted Government establishment at Nankauri Harbour. [64] Supercargoes. [65] A legend illustrative of the unpleasant qualities of the pandanus, recorded by Mr F. C. Christian in _The Caroline Islands_, runs: that the Thunder-god, descending to earth, alighted in a pandanus bush, and found the situation so painful that he bestowed the art of making fire and moulding-pots upon the woman who released him from his predicament! [66] The Nicobarese equivalent is _menlúana_ ("medicine man," or _shaman_). [67] The belief that evil spirits cannot cross water seems to be of world-wide prevalence, _cf._ Burns' "Tam o' Shanter." [68] This cetacean is probably of the same species as that observed by Mr Holdsworth in the Indian Ocean, and described in the _Mammals of India_. [69] _Map Name._ _Native Name._ Kar Nicobar Pu Batti Malv Et Chaura Tatat Tilanchong Láök Teressa Taihlong Bompoka Poähat Kamorta Nankauri Nankauri Nankauri Trinkat Laful (East Id.) Kachal Tehnyu Meroë Miroë Trak Fuya Treis Ta-a[.n] Menchal Menchál Little Nicobar Ong Pulo Milo Miloh Great Nicobar Lo-öng Kondul Lamongshe Kabra Konwaña [70] Dr K. Scherzer. [71] The tupai of Little Nicobar, which differs somewhat from that of Great Nicobar--principally the light areas of the pelage are less yellow and less contrasted with dark areas--is considered a sub-species by Mr Gerrit D. Miller, who has named it _Tupaia nicobarica surda_. [72] About this fact I am not certain, for the Malay in which our informant expressed himself was a thing quite _sui generis_.