CHAPTER XI

LITTLE NICOBAR AND PULO MILO 118

A Tide-rip--Islets--A Cetacean--Pulo Milo--Timidity of the Natives--Little Nicobar--Geology--Flora--Population--Site for a Colony--Jungle Life--Banian Trees--The Houses and their Peculiarity--The Natives--Practices and Beliefs--The Shom Pe[.n]--The Harbour--We ascend a River--Kingfishers-- Water--Caves--Bats and Swallows--Nests--A Jungle Path-- Menchal Island--Collections--Monkeys--Crabs.