[133] A similar ornament is worn in Sumatra, and also among the Dyaks and Punans in Borneo; _vide_ Carl Bock's _Headhunters_, plates 10 and 21. [134] "Each community of the tribe appears to possess a dialect more or less distinct, but this is what might be expected when we consider the isolation of the several encampments and the difficulty of inter-communication, apart even from the hostile relations in which they stand towards one another."--E. H. Man, _Jour. Anthrop. Inst._, vol. xv. [135] Such hostility being now active on their side only. [136] Professor V. Ball, _Jour. Asiatic Soc., Bengal_. [137] Dr Stoliczka, _Jour. Asiatic Soc., Bengal_. [138] Père Barbe, _Jour. Asiatic Soc., Bengal_. [139] Dr Rink, _Voyage of the Galathea_. [140] E. H. Man, _Jour. Anthrop. Inst._, 1889. [141] Père Barbe, _Jour. Asiatic Soc., Bengal_, vol. xv. [142] In 1897, a Malay vessel, on a voyage from Olehleh to Pulo Wai, was blown to sea and sunk. Her crew took to their boat and reached Trinkat, whence they were returned by the agent to Acheen in a Chinese junk. In earlier times these men would probably have settled amongst the natives, and so have been instrumental in the further diversifications of the race. [143] "The Nicobar Islands were peopled from the opposite main and the coast of Pegu, in proof of which the Nicobar and Pegu languages are said, by those (Nicobarese?) acquainted with the latter, to have much resemblance."--Hamilton, _Asiatic Researches_, vol. ii. [144] _Burmah_, M. and B. Ferrars. [145] (_a_) In 1899, thirty-five men from the Maldives arrived at Kar Nicobar in a ferry-boat, which resembled a lighter in appearance, and was built of coconut wood. They had gone to Maldive from Addo Atel to buy rice, and encountering a storm on the return journey, had missed their island, and after a two months' voyage (more than 1000 miles) reached Kar Nicobar, having thrown overboard most of their rice to keep their vessel afloat. As they feared to go back in their own boat, they were forwarded to Calcutta in various trading-vessels. (_b_) "In almost all the villages (central group), Malabars or Bengalese are to be found. The natives encourage them to stay by grants of land, and after a certain number of years they are permitted to make choice of a female companion."--Nicholas Fontana, _Asiatic Researches_, vol. iii. [146] Professor A. H. Keane, "Man, Past and Present," _Camb. Geog. Series_, 1899. [147] Comparing the group of Kar Nicobar boys (page 60) with those of Kondul (p. 138), it is not easy, at a glance, to perceive much racial resemblance. The first, scowling and flat-nosed, with prominent teeth and thick lips, and the others intelligent-looking, with almost European features. Yet the eldest of these latter exactly resembled in every way Little John, the man who was my _shikari_ in Kar Nicobar. [148] Although the average is no more than with the Shom Pe[.n], there is a much greater individual variation of stature.